Tayari's Blog: A Writer That's New (to me, at least)
Posted by TayariJones on December 13, 2006 08:36 AM
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I've just stumbled upon the work of Cora Daniels. Don't ask me how; it's really random. Anyway, I went to her website and found this really touching article about her parents' relationship. Cora Daniel's parents never formally married, thought they were together til-death-did-they-part. This essay explores the boundaries between convention, the law, and (of course) true love. Check it out. I was really moved by it.
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Comment #1, by Mendi O. ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.tayarijones.com/blog/nav-commenters.gif)
Thanks for this essay, Tayari. I expected it to go somewhere else and I'm left to read it all over again.
December 13, 2006 10:08 AM
Comment #2, by Patty
Hi Tayari,
Loved this essay--and you know? I think it also makes as good a case as any about why gay marriage matters...
December 13, 2006 11:30 AM
Comment #3, by Curly
I liked it until the last paragraph. It was a cop-out. Why should a relationship need the validation of the state to be real?
December 13, 2006 12:06 PM
Comment #4, by Michael Fischer
Yeah, I kinda agree with Curly; I liked the essay until the last paragraph.
December 14, 2006 09:08 PM
Comment #5, by Mendi O.
Well, I don't think it was a cop-out because the mother was rethinking her relationship to the state, not reality. I have to say that the state is not the world. The world can accept you all it wants to, but the state only recognizes your relationship to the state. But what made me want to read the essay all over again was that I wasn't sure how to think about my own politics within someone else's story. I wanted to think about different ways of navigating the system, but the story didn't want to do that. This story seems to be about how individuals have to make the decisions that work best for them, which may differ from these same individuals' political ideals.
December 15, 2006 11:23 AM