Feb 5, 2018 | Bookstores, Current Ned Note, Past Notes
Find my books at Auntie’s Read more BOOKSTORE POSTS I moved from California to the wilds of Spokane Washington for my undergraduate degree. Honestly, I think it was the farthest I could get from home and still remain in the same time zone. It was my first...
Feb 5, 2018 | Current Ned Note, Past Notes, Poetry
Black History Month: February Middle Passage Robert Hayden I Jesús, Estrella, Esperanza, Mercy: Sails flashing to the wind like weapons, sharks following the moans the fever and the dying; horror the corposant and compass rose. Middle Passage: voyage...
Jan 28, 2018 | Current Ned Note, Past Notes, Poetry
Black History Month: February Phenomenal Woman Maya Angelou Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size But when I start to tell them, They think I’m telling lies. I say, It’s in the reach of...
Jan 25, 2018 | Bookstores, Current Ned Note, Past Notes
Read my books at Vroman’s Bookstore Read more BOOKSTORE POSTS After living overseas for many years, one of my earliest memories of an American bookstore was in the 1980s, when I first walked into Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena California. The store...
Jan 23, 2018 | Current Ned Note, On Writing, Past Notes
Posted on the day Ursula Le Guin died October 21, 1929 – January 22, 2018 I’m saddened to hear of the passing of Ursula Le Guin. In honor of her legacy, here’s an excerpt from acceptance speech when she received the National Book Foundation’s Medal...
Jan 23, 2018 | Current Ned Note, Past Notes, Poetry
published on Derek Walcott’s birthday — Jan. 23, 1930. Love after Love Derek Walcott The time will come when, with elation you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror and each will smile at the other’s welcome, and...
