Thursday, January 7, 2010
Of Snow and Studies
I'm so glad that good ol' Jack Frost has blown in our direction! My evening class is canceled! Now I have all evening to snuggle under my electric blanket and finish the novel I'm reading for African American Literature, Alfred French's Billy. I'm approximately 1/3 of the way through it so far, and it's definitely a page-turner! (Which is good because there was an assignment due on the novel yesterday!) Like other African American literature I've read, I really enjoy the book's use of dialect, candid, unsentimental tone, and the way it stirs up emotions about true-to-life happenings! I'm looking forward to reading Toni Morrison this quarter as well.
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For me, a lot of African American literature taps into a sense of struggle that I can truly relate to . . . in a way that I too find unsentimental!
Over break, I read Sockett's _The Help_. Although some may find her whiteness as problematic when categorizing her work, I found her novel about the civil rights movement in Mississippi a thoughtful, quick read. If you have time and the snow comes back, give it a try!
I cried so hard reading that book... It definitely is a page-turner, isn't it?
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