Tayari's Blog: Another Reason To Write

Posted by TayariJones on September 2, 2009 07:57 AM
Filed under Writing

This is DailyLit Forums' question of the week:

Along the lines of life imitating art/art imitating life, which book(s) seem to resemble your life?

A simple question but it left me stumped. Alice Walker famously said that Their Eyes Were Watching God was the first book she ever read that featured a brown-skinned heroine. Walker is talking about the thrilling shock of recognition that comes about when you read about a character who looks like you. I think it's time to take it to the next level. I want to read a novel about a character that lives like me.

It's time to write it.

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