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ā€œThat Time When Reading Against the Odds Book Discussion Group Tackled The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacksā€

Posted on April 22, 2017 by Leslie Reese / 19 Comments

Because tonight is the HBO premiere of the movie ā€œThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,ā€ -featuring Oprah Winfrey as Henrietta’s daughter, Deborah Lacks –...

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Literacy Feature: Laura Tilsner and Working In The Schools (WITS)

Posted on June 7, 2016 by Leslie Reese / 9 Comments

In my years as a proponent of literacy and creative self-expression through writing and the arts, I’ve continued to learn a lot and be inspired by a world...

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Artwork by the late Tom Feelings from Soul Looks Back In Wonder (1993)

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  • Part One of my Black Men Reading SeriesšŸ–¤ interview with Chef Omar Tate (@coltrane215 ) - link in bio -got me reaching into the wayback machine, again! This time for a 1980 Fawcett edition of Spoonbread and Strawberry Wine by sisters Norma Jean and Carole Darden. Swipe ā¬…ļø to see the back cover and the menu for a Shoebox Lunch.
From the back cover: ā€œout of a seven-year journey to their roots, visiting relatives in Alabama, North Carolina, Ohio, and Virginia, Norma Jean and Carole Darden have created a one-of-a-kind book of recipes, reminiscences, and priceless family lore.ā€
#spoonbreadandstrawberrywine #vintagepaperbacks #vintageblackpaperbacks #read #cook #eat #familyhistory #blackheritage #shoeboxlunch #normajeandarden #caroledarden #blackmenreadingseriesšŸ–¤ #blackmenreadingseries #lesliesblogposts #culinaryhistory #folklore
  • I’m so excited to introduce you to Chef Omar Tate (@coltrane215 ), creator of @honeysuckle_popup. He brings a love of Black Heritage and Literature to his kitchen aesthetic.
In our Black Men Reading SeriesšŸ–¤ exchange, Chef Omar Tate shares why he appreciates the series. We also talk about black men and emotional literacy; the idea behind creating Honeysuckle, his Black Heritage dining experience; books, writing, and more! PART ONE is up in the blog, today. Link in bio! Photo courtesy of @hed_photonerd šŸ™šŸ¾.
#culinarydelight #read #write #cook #poetry #emotionalliteracy #blackheritagedining #Honeysucklepopup #eat #ChefOmarTate #blackmenreadingseriesšŸ–¤ #blackmenreading #lesliesblogposts #culinaryhistory
  • Vintage books and coffee with multi-colored stones for literary birthdays. Swipe leftā¬…ļø for close ups of this 1975 Bantam edition of Sula by Toni Morrison (b. February 18, 1931); and 1983 reprint of From a Land Where Other People Live by Audre Lorde originally published by Dudley Randall on Broadside Press in 1973. Audre Lorde was born on February 18, 1934; she died on November 17, 1992. From a Land Where Other People Live was a National Book Award Finalist for Poetry in 1974.
#ToniMorrison #AudreLorde #Sula #Fromalandwhereotherpeoplelive #books #read #write #bookstagram #booksandcoffee #vintagebooks #vintagepaperbacks #BroadsidePress #DudleyRandall #poetry #womenwriters #blackwomenwriters #literarybirthdays
  • Diahann Carroll and James Earl Jones in ā€œClaudineā€ (1974). #filmclassics #diahanncarroll #jamesearljones #films #movies #classicmovies #classicblackmovies #classicblackfilms #Claudine #themakingsofyou
  • For #ReadSoulLit day 6: in the street. I’ve owned this book for so long (since it was first published in 2003)! I’ve decided to finally read it. Edward P. Jones’s The Known World. #books #read #bookstagram #edwardpjones #theknownworld #blackhistorymonth2019 #americanwriters #blackamericanwriters #blackwritersmatter #readsoullit
  • ā€œthank you, Lord, for the rain,/for the splash of racing tires/in the dark, steaming pavement river./cooling rain,/grey sheets against the violet sky/of evening, ah...thank you for the dripping-wet/of trees, grass, buds,/smell of soaking earth in the evening./thank you for the pillows of mist, thank you, thank you, for the cool, cooling rain.ā€ - from the poem, ā€œRainritualsā€ by Aneb Kgositsile.
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I am proud to have been touched by the generous life’s work of Dr. Gloria House/Aneb Kgositsile. She is the 2019 Kresge Eminent Artist! She is being acknowledged for her tireless work as a poet, essayist, educator, and activist; and the honor comes with a $50,000 award. Shown here are her two earliest books of poetry, Blood River(1983) and Rainrituals(1989). She has since published two more collections: Shrines(2003), and Medicine(2017). Cover art on Rainrituals is by #RomareBearden. Dr. House has raised a wonderful son; is a retired college professor; has supported and mentored generations of poets (myself included) and social and political activists for more than 50 years; and continues to be a vital and gracious warrior today. Swipe leftā¬…ļøā¬…ļøfor a recent photo of Dr. Aneb Gloria House, and one of us taken by Willie Williams circa 1989 with poet/scholar Murray Jackson(1926-2002) and (seated) poet and founder of Broadside Press Dudley Randall(1914-2000). #gloriahouse #anebkgositsile #poetry #read #write #activism #socialjusticewarrior #kresgeemimentartist2019 #rainrituals #bloodriver #books #murrayjackson #dudleyrandall #bookstagram @kresgeartsdet 
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