Nikki Giovanni! I Got A Book Of

I Could Hear Music Playing In The Background Of Works By Certain Authors, Like Poe And Shakespeare. And I Discovered Nikki Giovanni When I Was In Eighth Grade. Her Writing Has A Musical Energy With Pulse And Rhythm, Almost Like Jazz Or Hip-hop.

Seriously, In America There Are More Big, Curvy Girls Than There Are Little Girls, And Men Love Us, Too.

I'd Been Told That When You First Put Your Feet On African Ground, You'll Be Hit By A Feeling Of Overwhelming Understanding, Like You've Returned Home And Suddenly Belong. Quite Frankly, I Didn't Feel That.

I Like To Read Octavia E. Butler's 'wild Seed' Over And Over Again. And J. California Cooper's 'the Wake Of The Wind.' That One Makes Me Cry From Joy. I'll Mourn - I'll Actually Mourn - And Then I'll Cry From Joy. She's Wonderful.

I Panicked When My Son, Jett, Stopped Eating Baby Food. He's Only Two But His Food Vocabulary Is Fantastic. He Likes My Baked Tilapia And String Beans With Chopped Garlic. But He Really Likes Pizza. Sometimes Every Inanimate Object To Him Is Pizza.