Chapters 1-3: Realization
“Waiting for the world to be made.” Hurston’s beginning chapters started off with Janine current issue of her husband dying, and the flashback of how her life used to be. Janine thought of her bearing...
View ArticleAudre Lorde: Use of Anger; Sister Outsider.
Allow this excerpt to be the foundation of language that is presented in this post: The stereotypical thought of Black women always being angry, as shown in the text, is not to scare or send people...
View ArticleProse Poetry.
It Occured to Me One Rainy Afternoon, Upon hearing the singing of a bird,Maybe the question is the purpose. The questions that crowd my mind, begging for my attention. Perhaps my purpose is not in...
View ArticleBeloved: Week 1 Synopsis.
This past week, we finally kicked off our reading and discussion, and we must say that our first dialogue was a success! The best way to dive into the beginning of a great book! Breaking down themes...
View ArticleHalf of A Yellow Sun: Week 1 Synopsis.
Week 1 brings us character development, plot placement, and conflict like no other! In the first chapters we have already faced some issues and learned things about these people that would be panned...
View Article#BookClubMadu August 2016
We are so excited to share with you this month’s book! Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing has been the latest rave in the world of literature and we thought it would be super awesome to have our readers right...
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