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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That’s my name. First (and last) thing to ever belong to me. For, even my first and last breath, I was forced to release.
34 Chapters: A Book Review – “The Water Dancer” by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The reading list for 2025 was a heavy one for me. So much so, that I vowed the last one of the year would be a romance novel. As if romance is somehow less heavy? With all of the vowing and pushing and pulling, the last novel of 2025 still chose me. Shifting around theContinue reading “34 Chapters: A Book Review – “The Water Dancer” by Ta-Nehisi Coates”
