Saturday Trailers
What better day for book trailers than a Saturday? Beneath A Meth Moon by Jacqueline Woodson Nancy Paulsen Books; 2012 Jacqueline Woodson gives an insightful interview telling what motivated her to write the book
Month: June 2012
Some Summer: Benin
Do you have druthers? You know, those things you’d druther be doing, but you failed to follow your heart? Well, Jocelyn will not have them! She kicked around the idea of joining the Peace Corps for a while and as I write this she’s pretty much on her way there. In the following post, she attempts to… Read More Some Summer: Benin
Some Summer: Cuba Post
I’m starting a rather informal summer series. (By definition, shouldn’t all summer series be informal?) I’m finding people who are spending part of their summer exploring a new culture, learning a new technology or experiencing something new and unusual and I’m asking them to write about it and then share it here. I have a few posts lined… Read More Some Summer: Cuba Post
Recognizing a Hero
“In 1962, Fannie Lou Hamer decided she wanted to try to register to vote after attending a SNCC voter registration meeting at William Chapel Church in Ruleville, MS pastored by the late Rev. J. D. Story. It would turn out to be just another way of asking to die. After returning home, Mrs. Hamer was ordered… Read More Recognizing a Hero
Tuesday Tidbits
Happy Tuesday! Back in January, I mentioned that rather than make a traditional New Year’s resolution, I’d take the word ‘tenderness’ and wrestle with it, embrace it and more fully incorporate it in my life. To simply read about it and to make the work my new “word’ (i.e.,’ that’s so tender’; ‘how tender’ ) would… Read More Tuesday Tidbits
