A review by seeceeread
Black Women Writers at Work by Claudia Tate

informative reflective

4.5

๐Ÿ’ญ "I frequently sit down and give myself an assignmentโ€”to find out what I know about this or that, to find out what I think about this or that when I am cozy with myself and not holding forth to a group or responding to someone's position." โ€”Toni Cade Bambara 

๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜‰๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข 2025 ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต?

How lovely. Black women hold forth on their art as a reflection of their principles, a clarification of their lessons and values. These interviews contain innumerable pithy quips ... about well-lived lives, society's foibles, and their collisions under racial capitalism. This will stick with me for a long time, especially
โœจ๏ธ "Zoralogical," from Kristin Hunter
โœจ๏ธ the interviews with Toni Cade Bambara and Audre Lorde
โœจ๏ธ Morrison's tips: Use simple words. Clarify adverbs without announcing them. Deliver an oral quality through intonation, volume and gesture
โœจ๏ธ Margaret Walker Alexander lovingly taking Richard Wright to task

For language lovers and especially those who see themselves in Black women's artistry ๐Ÿ–ค