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Is this the New Year?

Many of us who are connected with schools in some way think of September as the New Year. I am now experiencing a new kind of “New Year.” A year ago I had just changed my official website… more →

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Inspiration from our Peers at Kundiman via The Lantern Review

Hope Wabuke wrote 2 weeks ago: From the Lantern Review, a conversation with Joseph O. Legaspi and Sarah Gambito, the co-founders of … more →

Tags: Craft Life, kundiman, Inspiration, Joseph Legaspi, Sarah Gambito, kimbilio, Sanderia Faye, david haynes, Randall Kenan

Dolen Perkins-Valdez Discusses Her Book 'Wench' — 2 comments

thewritelifeshow wrote 6 months ago: Wench, tells the story of four black enslaved women in the years preceding the Civil War. In her deb … more →

Tags: interviews, Video, New Releases, Stuff we like!, Slavery, wench, Civil War, Ohio, Tawawa House

Rainy Saturdays and Literary Pursuits — 2 comments

unspywriter wrote 1 year ago: A rainy Saturday is perhaps best for staying in bed, for rolling over and burrowing under the covers … more →

Tags: writing, awp, wench, - Mary Baldwin College

Ratings and Short Reviews — 3 comments

sensoryoverload2012 wrote 1 year ago: I fixed this formatting 6 times before giving up because it would change back as soon as I fixed it. … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, book, Review, kristin hannah, The Glass Case, Ruth Ann Nordin, a bride for tom, Rudyard Kipling, The Elephant's Child

Wench: Strong in the Middle — 1 comment

naysue wrote 1 year ago: All I can say is that I believe this is a story that needed to be told. The history of black women … more →

Tags: wench, African American Literature, wench excerpt, african-american fiction, wench review, african american bestsellers

Stockholm Syndrome? - Wench, Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Courtney wrote 1 year ago: I read Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez and was at once reminded of both the savageries of slavery and … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Literature, wench, Slavery, feminist, black, African-American, Love, Terry McMillan

Teaser Tuesday: Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez — 9 comments

naysue wrote 1 year ago: I have a hard time reading books that introduce 30 characters in the opening pages. Needless to say, … more →

Tags: african-american books, wench, teaser tuesday, wench excerpt, Tawawa House, african-american fiction, black mistresses, Dolen

878 to go

bookslide wrote 1 year ago: Because of my job, I have read a LOT of books this year. I read a lot of books every year, but now … more →

Tags: week in books, manga, Comic Books, YA Literature, Harlequin Romance, cynthia voigt, Teen Titans, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Brad Meltzer

Review: Wench — 23 comments

Ti wrote 1 year ago: Wench By Dolen Perkins-Valdez (Amistad, Paperback, 9780061706561, February 2011, 320pp.) The Short o … more →

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Christy wrote 1 year ago: With all of the excitement this weekend over the opening of the new movie, “The Help”, I … more →

Tags: Endorse, Books, Book Recommendations, wench, Wench book

Wench

seph's salon wrote 1 year ago: History is a funny thing. From a narrow view, we get only a single version of the truth, somewhat li … more →

Tags: Fiction, Literature, House Slave, Historical Fiction, Ohio

A Very Special Author Event: Club Read

Simple Pleasures Bookgal wrote 1 year ago: We recently heard about a wonderful author event being held this fall and wanted to share it with ou … more →

Tags: Events, PostaWeek2011, Simple Pleasures, Recommendations, Virginia, Books, Author Event, postaweek2011, Sıb'a