Tayari's Blog: Check Yourself Links

Posted by TayariJones on July 13, 2009 04:46 PM
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Sherman Alexie, smirking
Originally uploaded by Jutta @ flickr
  • A young Native American writer used to hate on Sherman Alexie, until she finally checked herself.
  • Bernice McFadden is participating in the Harlem Book Fair, and she is hoping to squash the drama in advance.
  • Renee Simms uses poetry to help her make it through the anniversary of losing her mom.
  • Writing about your drug addiction can make you start using drugs again. Just FYI.
  • Maya Angelou is the queen of the big-audience poem.
  • The National Book Foundation is celebrating sixty years of winners in the category of fiction. Did you know only TWO black women have ever won the NBA?
  • So maybe your lover isn't the best person to read your drafts.
  • Lost in translation. Gay=Pervert?
  • It's been two years since the Dunbar Village atrocity. I still remember how all the members of this blog community stood up to help out.
  • Congrats to Laila Lalami. Her novel, Secret Son, will be read by all of Seattle!
  • Everyone is talking about Richard Bernstein's racialized freaky-deaky.


    Okay, y'all. I am so tired. The Great Diva Road Trip was terrific fun. Yale University is a gorgeous campus and I love thinking of our very own Natasha Trethewey doing research in those lovely libraries. But car travel is exhausting-- even when you travel diva-style-- and I need to lay this body down.

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    Comment #1, by Amanda Johnston [TypeKey Profile Page]

    Thank you for starting my day with "freaky-deaky."

    Stay Diva. Always!

    hugs,
    manda

    July 14, 2009 08:27 AM

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