I’m fairly certain that I’m a week late with my entry for C.O.R.A. Diversity Roll Call, in which participants are asked to discuss authors from a country or region from around the world. My daughter and I are headed out to the county fair this morning, so in her honor I’d like to briefly mention [...]
Archive for April, 2009
23 Apr
Only A Geek Could Have Written “Their Eyes Were Watching God”
“Words walking without masters; walking altogether like harmony in a song.”
- Zora Neale Hurston
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Think on Zora’s expertise about the mating habits of bees,
And how forcefully a hurricane could uproot the Florida trees.
We expect our writers to be ethereal and carefree,
Not matriculate with degrees in Anthropology.
She never quite fit in with the New Negro crowd;
Her gaze [...]
22 Apr
The Growing Season
Every morning for the past two weeks, including this Earth Day, I’ve peeked out the window to see the garden that my daughter and I have planted in the backyard. This is my first attempt at growing vegetables and herbs; hopefully in the months to come, we will be eating tomatoes, jalapenos, basil, and thyme [...]
12 Apr
Pencilfrying with Nikky Finney
The Blackened Alphabet
While others sleep
My black skillet sizzles
Alphabets dance and I hit the return key
On my tired But ever jumping eyes
I want more I hold out for some more
While others just now turn over
shut down alarms
I am on I am on
I am pencilfrying
sweet Black alphabets
in an allnight oil
– Nikky Finney
For this week’s C.O.R.A. Diversity [...]
7 Apr
One of the Best Things About HBO’s “The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency”…
… is Jill Scott’s amazing figure. Is she gorgeous or what? I can’t stop marveling over how great she looks in those beautiful print dresses, a crown of thick natural hair floating above her multicolored scarves. It makes me realize how rare it is to see a full-figured black women represented with such dignity on [...]
6 Apr
C.O.R.A. Diversity Roll Call
I’m delighted to participate in the C.O.R.A. Diversity Roll Call, a blog meme from Worducopia and Color Online that explores and celebrates diversity in literature. This week’s prompt includes the following questions:
Which is the character who’s the most different from you? (And how? Use this as an excuse to tell us your own background and [...]
2 Apr
Our Splash Award
Hey, TBoH has been “splashed” with an award! Thanks to two fabulous bloggers, Thinking Aloud and Zetta Elliott at Fledgling, for nominating us.
The Splash Award is given to alluring, amusing, bewitching, impressive, and inspiring blogs. We’re honored to pay it forward by splashing the following blogs:
Black Girl Lost…In a Book amuses with her wry sense [...]
