Synopsis: Jacqueline Woodson, one of today’s finest writers, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse. Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, livingContinue reading “Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson”
Category Archives: African American Literature
African-American Literature Wrap-Up #1.5: Giovanni’s Room + Moonlight
I’m calling this one #1.5 because a) the book features white characters but James Baldwin is addressing a different aspect of his identity, namely homosexuality, and b) Moonlight is a film. Nevertheless, considering they’re both written by black gay men, this seemed like the perfect pairing for a post (and it happened that I was finishing up Giovanni’sContinue reading “African-American Literature Wrap-Up #1.5: Giovanni’s Room + Moonlight”
African-American Literature Wrap-Up #1: Native Son, Quicksand, Their Eyes Were Watching God + 13th
I haven’t been blogging too much about books because, well, I confess I haven’t read a book outside of class at all this year quite yet! I have, however, read A LOT of books for class, and so while I haven’t read any yet on my list of Africa-American novels, I HAVE read books for classContinue reading “African-American Literature Wrap-Up #1: Native Son, Quicksand, Their Eyes Were Watching God + 13th”
Olivia Anne Gennaro 