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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 [...]
Honoring the Female Form
Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about images of female beauty that adorn our society and with a new article from Newsweek on Unattainable Beauty, I can’t seem to get away from the subject. For the most part it’s on my mind because I had a serious post-holiday meltdown with my refrigerator. Then I start [...]
Walking Away
The Journey
One day you finally knew
what you had to do, and began,
though the voices around you
kept shouting
their bad advice–
though the whole house
began to tremble
and you felt the old tug
at your ankles.
“Mend my life!”
each voice cried.
But you didn’t stop.
You knew what you had to do,
though the wind pried
with its stiff fingers
at the very foundations,
though their melancholy
was [...]
The Sunday Salon: Doing What Comes Naturally