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Monthly Archives: February 2010
The People We Don’t See
Precious Jones is the exact opposite of your typical literary heroine. She is overweight. She is black. She is poor. She is illiterate. She is sixteen and pregnant with her father’s second child. Push by Sapphire is the exact opposite of escapism. Push is the deepest, darkest of realities that no one wants to think [...]
Saving Self Through Writing
Recently, I read the book that the movie Precious was based upon. The book Push by Sapphire is one of the most moving books that I’ve read in a long time. The book is about a sixteen year old girl who is pregnant with her father’s second child. Precious is illiterate, black and poor, and [...]
The Sunday Salon: My Online Life
It’s been awhile since I’ve posted. I can’t say that I’ve been particularly busy. I’ve been in a bit of a writing slump. I’ve been reading like crazy, but somehow writing any thoughts down seems like a struggle. I blame it on winter. It’s February in Minnesota and the snow can’t to disappear fast [...]
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An Unlikely Stripper
Diablo Cody, the very famous screenwriter of the much beloved movie Juno, is by no means a shrinking violet; however, her biting sense of humor and quirky view of the world makes her no ordinary “punk” chick. Her memoir of her year working as a stripper proves that while she is able to do almost [...]
The Sunday Salon: Doing What Comes Naturally