Yesterday was #WorldBookDay. I missed posting about it b/c I was preparing for a class discussion on #Morrison's #Beloved, a book I've read & taught many times. It always brings me to my knees (& tears). The students were blown away & we had such a good conversation about the names in the book, representations of the body (Baby Suggs speaks about loving one's body even as we read about it flying apart at the seams), & #aesthetics - the lyrical beauty of the narrator's voice.
"'“As soon as you can, find and read the story people want to ignore or hide because it disturbs and pokes holes in their worldview. Beloved and The Color Purple are two'.”
You don't get a second chance at a first impression, they say. But, a writer does. Months maybe years of preparation. Of revising. The First, second, third, forty-seventh draft. Whatever it takes for that conversation starter. That attention grabber. The perfect pickup line. Play your cards well enough and they'll bring you home and take you to bed... you're writing that is. What did you think I was meaning?...
Good night, lovelies, the #NewFriends and #OldFriends, #Lovers and #Beloved. Sleep well and dream a little dream of sugarplums and ... big boobs! Now! Now-now-now! 🤦🙈
@GottaLaff. “The magnitude of the value of the Bible (and #Morrison's #Beloved) as a literary work outweighs any violence or profanity which may be contained in the book,” Davis School District Board Vice President Brigit Gerrard said." Fixed it.