by Andi | Jul 16, 2015 | Written and Wrought
I can still remember us as 18-year-old young women. We’re on the floor of our residence director Sandy’s apartment in our freshman dorm. She’s told us she wants to share a song with us. We sit as the tape player sends the music into the air: In this... by Andi | Jul 14, 2015 | Written and Wrought
I still remember the circle in the Old Schoolhouse very well. 25 young poets with our welded desks turned toward each other, the writing surface fall too small for everything we were trying to fit in. Some of us read every class, and Julia Kasdorf talked about... by Andi | Jul 12, 2015 | Garden, God's Whisper
Whatever may be the tensions and the stresses of a particular day, there is always lurking close at hand the trailing beauty of forgotten joy or unremembered peace. – Howard Thurman The garden is intense right now, y’all. The viney things are sprawling.... by Andi | Jul 9, 2015 | Book Recommendations
Thank you ALL for your amazing recommendations of books by African American authors. I have a lot of reading to do, and I’m really looking forward to it. Several people have asked to see the list that I’ve put together from your suggestions, so I’m... by Andi | Jul 7, 2015 | Book Recommendations, Written and Wrought
Update – I’m compiling the list of recommendations I’ve received and posting it here. If you’re interested in expanding your own reading list, I hope you’ll stop by, and if you have further recs, feel free to share them here or there. ...