I’d love to see this novel as a film.

And “Jazz” was aMAYzing. )

writing is so uncertain.

was having a convo w/ ol bklyn boy and he asked why i didn’t just DO IT. i said…money..responsibility…the block ain’t so hot for black women writers who ain’t writing about sex or shooting nikkas. but soon come. our time.

Thank you for the links. There was piece in the Washington Post yesterday by Bernice L. McFadden about How Black Fiction is Ghettoized. http://bit.ly/cd1dpH.

Reminds me of the importance of the Martha Southgates of the world, and of our open support of them.

Sometimes, we hand white folks too much power over our lives.

In it MS doesn’t talk about temping, even though I wouldn’t be surprised if she did. Or perhaps I mis read the post.

I googled her and she is teaching in the MFA prog @ City, which makes sense. They program is thorough. #Ummhmm.

but this was my book club pick last year. loved it. what struck me was that it was SO different than anything i’d read w/ black female leads.

as far as a film…there are MANY that need to be made. Imagine SULA on the big screen. crazy.

ps–i remember reading some blog & Martha was talking about it being rough for non-street lit black writers. she was having a particularly tough time & had to go back to temping or something. i’ll try to find the link.

After that, I look forward to reading Nnedi Okorafor’s Who Fears Death then Octavia Butler’s BloodChild.

I’m trying to get it in this year.

The Fall of Rome is up next, I have read that already too, but I think I may have some other insights now based on my reading of Third Girl…I hope your son enjoys it….

I need to do one Black fiction post a week…

LOVVVVVVVVVVE Pearl Cleage. LOVE…#Ummhmm.

I read Miseducation when I was REAL young…prolly too young (if that is possible.)

@Sasha
How are you finding Jazz. I don’t know if I ever read that one?

~R