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#Throwback Thursday: What Do Louise DeSalvo and Aesop Have in Common?

Posted on January 11, 2018 by Leslie / 15 Comments

Greetings! Happy 2018! I’ve elected to re-publish one of my early posts – back when I had about four followers!- while I figure out what I want to d...

Books/Education/Gwendolyn Brooks/Musings/Poetry

Celebrating the Birthday of Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000)

Posted on June 7, 2017 by Leslie / 20 Comments

Two years after the Detroit riots (also known as the the 12th Street Riot, the 1967 Rebellion and the Uprising of 1967), and one year after the assassination of...

Activism/Civic literacy/folklore/Literacy/LOVE/Martin Luther King Jr./Musings

Where Is The Love? Reflections On Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Posted on January 16, 2017 by Leslie / 30 Comments

When we were children in the 1960s and 1970s, family who had migrated from the south to cities like Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, and Indianapolis made annual ca...

Civic literacy/LOVE/Musings

True Names: Reflecting on Lost Lives

Posted on August 6, 2016 by Leslie / 7 Comments

“Please call me by my true names, so I can hear all my cries and laughter at once, so I can see that my joy and pain are one.”** I am in pain over our nation’s ...

folklore/Food/Literacy/Little Leslie/Memoir/Musings

Sardines!

Posted on May 24, 2016 by Leslie / 32 Comments

Yup this post is about sardines and I’m going to dedicate it to my friend Deloris because its all her fault. Here I am: supposed to be working on my post about ...

Books/folklore/Literacy/Little Leslie/Musings

Memory of First Reads

Posted on March 27, 2016 by Leslie / 16 Comments

Note from Leslie: Clicking on colored text will allow you to discover more about that item! One of my early memories is of receiving books in the mail beginning...

Books/Culture/Doris Lessing/Film/Jean-Paul Civeyrac/Musings

“My Friend Victoria”: Finding Value in Uncomfortable Readings & Viewings Part Two

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Leslie / 2 Comments

PART TWO (Read PART ONE) The farther away I get from my first impressions of this story the more it becomes other things. Is this what happened when Jean Paul C...

Books/Culture/Doris Lessing/Film/Jean-Paul Civeyrac/Musings

“My Friend Victoria”: Finding Value in Uncomfortable Readings & Viewings

Posted on February 17, 2016 by Leslie / 3 Comments

PART ONE I am having difficulty thinking about the film “My Friend Victoria” and the Doris Lessing novella “Victoria and the Staveneys,” from which the film was...

Books/Culture/Musings

Tearful Reunion With Some Classics

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Leslie / 16 Comments

Oh! How is your summer going? I also mean: goodness gracious but I hope you have had some fun and/or a vacation and things like that….! ….found myse...

Musings

“Yellow” a musing by Leslie Reese

Posted on May 23, 2015 by Leslie / 8 Comments

when changes hurt I am reminded that I am lonely. a dandelion still yellow after the others have turned catches my eye. a look skyward makes me wonder: how many...

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  • Re-Reading Black Folktales by Julius Lester (1939-2018)
  • #Throwback Thursday: What Do Louise DeSalvo and Aesop Have in Common?
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