Tayari's Blog: Stateside Links

Posted by TayariJones on November 12, 2008 08:33 AM
Filed under Travels & Rambles


Miriam Makeba
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Hey, y'all. I'm back home in front of my own computer. Here are some links that caught my eye while I was playing catch-up. I am working to get my Ghana pictures together. I plan to post about the trip over the next couple weeks. Meanwhile, here's some pretty cool stuff to read.


  • Toni Morrison interviewed on Charlie Rose: "This story is pre-racial. When everyone was for sale or for rent." One more thing she said that I love. "Oh no. I am writing another book, dear." I love her tone. Listening to the interview as I type. She talks about everything. She's so funny and so smart. She is so wry about Updike. And even a little flirtatious. Lord, I love that woman. You MUST check out the interview.
  • Miriam Makeba: RIP "Mama Africa."
  • Alice Walker has a blog. She kicks it off with a letter to Barak Obama.
  • Our favorite poet, Natasha Trethewey, has written a powerful essay on the occasion of the Obama election.
  • Ed Champion says always look a gift horse in the mouth.
  • Joy Castro fires back at the NYT.
  • Tom Brown talks about the relationship between creativity and play.
  • Black gay writers, Fred Smith and Reggie Harris speak out on Prop 8 and the racial blame-game that followed.

    Okay. Getting back in bed now.

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    There are 5 comments on "Stateside Links". If you'd like to leave a comment, click here to jump down to the comments entry form.

    Comment #1, by Jackie [TypeKey Profile Page]

    Are you going to weigh in on Bravo's Real Housewives of Atlanta?

    November 12, 2008 10:11 AM

    Comment #2, by JCPalazzo [TypeKey Profile Page]

    Thanks so much for the Toni Morrison link. I too loved that interview. She is often very stern and discreet in interviews but it's clear that there is a trust and a feeling between her and Charlie Rose that allows her to relax a bit and really reveal her creative process.

    November 12, 2008 12:53 PM

    Comment #3, by ReggieH [TypeKey Profile Page]

    Charlie Rose seems to bring out the best in Morrison -- her interviews with him are always wonderfully rich and glorious.

    BTW: Congratulations Tayari on the USA Artist Fellowship! Don't spend it all in one place (and remember us friends during the coming holidays!:)

    November 13, 2008 04:59 PM

    Comment #4, by Jackie [TypeKey Profile Page]

    Congratulations on the gift of time. Have you thought about how you will use your gift?

    November 13, 2008 07:14 PM

    Comment #5, by Jstheater [TypeKey Profile Page]

    Tayari, CONGRATULATIONS on the USA Fellowship! I was so glad to hear that you were one of the winners! And keep up the wonderful blogging too!

    November 16, 2008 07:29 PM

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