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Thumper
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, March 09, 2003 - 10:24 pm: | 
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Hello All,
We just finished chatting with Victor LaValle a few hours ago about his book, The Ecstatic. If you haven't read it, I highly recommend it.
The March book selection Douglass' Women by Jewell Parker Rhodes. I fell in love with Rhodes after I read her second novel, Magic City. Her writing style is sooo smooth and quietly remarkable. I just love her. So, check out Douglass' Women. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0743410092/aalbccom-20
Also, I'm hoping that Jewell will be able to attend the chat. I'm keeping my fingers crossed and will let you know if it happens. *smile* Speaking of on-line chats. I have two more coming up. March 26, 2003 at 6 PM EST, I'm going to chat with Tracy Price-Thompson about her lastest novel Chocolate Sangria. I love it!! And on April 9, 2003 at 6 PM EST, I'll be chatting with Marcus Major about his latest novel A Man Most Worthy. I love this book too! But then Marcus hadn't put out a bad book. So, make notes. |
Tee
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, March 10, 2003 - 04:21 pm: |
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I hate I missed this chat!! Thumper is it possible to send us email reminders prior to the chat? |
akaivyleaf
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, March 11, 2003 - 11:46 am: |
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Thats a great Idea TEE. It seems that I have to schedule all of my chats on my calendar. Something that I've neglected to do because I am under the false assumption that this mind of mine is capable of remembering things.
Of course Thumper if this is adding on to your never ending plate... is there a way we could make reminders easier? |
Thumper
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, March 19, 2003 - 06:45 pm: |
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Hello All,
I just finished reading Douglass' Women by Jewell Parker Rhodes. If you've read the novel, you can bear witness to the reasons why I love Jewell Parker Rhodes. Before I saw pre publicity of the novel, I had no idea of Frederick Dogulass' personal life. I knew of the man. To me, he had became one of those blase figures that is noted only in February. By then, his persona was so smooth, it shined without wax. Only rough surfaces can catch and hold things, especially a person's imagination. I'm more interested in Frederick Douglass now, having read this novel, than I had ever been before. While Douglass is one of the main characters in the book, Douglass' Women belongs to Anna Douglass, his black wife, and Ottilie Assing, a German-Jewish intellectual, Douglass' lover for many years. Through these two women stories, Rhodes constructed their lives as well as Douglass', without giving Douglass an active voice in his own story. I loved it all!! Personally, I wouldn't have minded if Anna had taken a knife to ol' Freddy's throat on a couple of occassions. The best trick that Rhodes pulled off was creating Otilie Assing. The woman started the book being a skank, and by the end, I pitied her greatly. What a waste. I'm still a little evil about her, because I was smug when she realized that Anna had Freddy and her figured out while Otilie had trouble wrapping her mind around the realization that her love, her essence had been belittled, laid to rest in vain. It was Otilie who for years had felt superior to Anna.
Freddy, Freddy had issues. Instead of villifying him, I felt a little sorry for him too. I mean, he's still a damn fool. Peep this, from the book, page 335, Anna is talking, "I was meant for loving and Freddy never enjoyed all I had to give. I never betrayed Freddy. He betrayed me. Freddy was the man to make my love blossom. He just never had the time. Instead of feeling sorry, I felt peaceful. Like I finally knew who I be. Freddy sacrificed more than he knew. Freddy who knew so much, who could debate, read all the pages in a book, didn't know me. Didn't know I be an ocean." Although this is fiction, I would like to think the real Anna Douglass felt this way. Makes you want to shout "you go girl", doesn't it? *big smile*
Anyway, I'm ready for the chat. |
Thumper
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, March 19, 2003 - 06:47 pm: |
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Hello All,
I forgot about the reminder suggestion. Let me talk it over with the boss and see what we can come up with. *smile* |
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