“This is a nigger who didn’t know what to do with his freedom. Thought it meant he was free.” Manchester County, Virginia doesn’t exist. Never […]
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Chapter 52: “The Color Purple” by Alice Walker (1983)
“Everything want to be loved. Us sing and dance and holler, just trying to be loved.” Oof. That’s all I can say, really, after finishing […]
Chapter 44: “Elbow Room” by James Alan McPherson (1978)
“I think that love must be the ability to suspend one’s intelligence for the sake of something. At the basis of love therefore must live […]
Chapter 36: “Beloved” by Toni Morrison (1988)
“Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.” Toni Morrison—one of America’s most beloved (no pun intended) and celebrated female […]