Zeal /zēl/ – powerful fervor in/whilst aiming to achieve (a mostly common) goal. Jerkins writes as if she’s stood in the historical bowels of Henry Louis Gates’ “Finding Your Roots”; had a conversation with the roaming ancestors guarding precious truths. Zeal is a call and response between the choir and congregation – the elders spreadContinue reading “Get Here If You Can: A Book Review – “Zeal” by Morgan Jerkins”
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Descendants of Wood and Water: A Book Review – “James” by Percival Everett
–In the Beginning– This will likely be more than a book review, as this book is more than a book. It’s a love letter of sorts, perhaps even a postcard sent from abroad, a Polaroid snapshot of a renamed landscape encompassing both past and future. Everett deserves all of the accolades garnered. Let me startContinue reading “Descendants of Wood and Water: A Book Review – “James” by Percival Everett”
Window Pains: A Book Review – “Holler, Child” by LaToya Watkins
There are eleven heart-moving stories placed into this collection by Texas author LaToya Watkins. Each story is tossed at the reader in an endearing manner; a manner that sets the reader up to succeed – to catch, to understand and to answer back truthfully with their own mental and emotional grasp and release. There areContinue reading “Window Pains: A Book Review – “Holler, Child” by LaToya Watkins”
Built; Not Bred: A Book Review – “Carolina Built” by Kianna Alexander
Carolina Built is set in the post Civil War wetlands of North Carolina. Most from ’round this way (up and down the southern east coast) have ventured there; many have roots there. Though the official genre is historical fiction, it is my opinion that it reads as non-fiction, factual, true…as in the words of RichardContinue reading “Built; Not Bred: A Book Review – “Carolina Built” by Kianna Alexander”
We Begin With Grace: A Mother’s Day Book Review – Denene Millner’s “One Blood”
Our grandmothers proclaimed that giving birth was closest a woman got to dying without actually…dying. Denene Millner’s ‘One Blood’ reinforces this notion. From preteen to post heart-attack there’s much resurrection in her words. It is a book that hit close to home as I am a Maternity Nurse by trade. Scent. Scent of earth andContinue reading “We Begin With Grace: A Mother’s Day Book Review – Denene Millner’s “One Blood””
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