by Andi | Feb 3, 2012 | Andi's Book, Written and Wrought
“How many books are you writing?” my father asked the other day when I held up the huge stack of duplication I just received from the UVa Special Collections Library. Just one. Just one. I didn’t have the heart or the time to tell Dad that most of... by Andi | Feb 1, 2012 | Andi's Book, Written and Wrought
This weekend, I posted a link to Facebook that told the story of a flight attendant who responded to a racist white passenger by moving the African American man next to her to first class. Before the post, I mentioned that “This might not be true, but the... by Andi | Jan 31, 2012 | Andi's Book, Written and Wrought
On Sunday, I wrote about the powerful effect that Alex Haley’s Roots had on me. In response, Michael posted this thoughtful comment: Roots is such an important work because of its inspirational nature. So many people started researching their family histories... by Andi | Jan 31, 2012 | Andi's Book, Written and Wrought
On Sunday, I wrote about the powerful effect that Alex Haley’s Roots had on me. In response, Michael posted this thoughtful comment: Roots is such an important work because of its inspirational nature. So many people started researching their family histories... by Andi | Jan 29, 2012 | Andi's Book, Book Recommendations, Written and Wrought
My image of Roots until about two weeks ago was LeVar Burton in stocks. I don’t know why that’s what I thought of – probably some flicker of the mini-series I saw twenty years ago – but that’s what I saw when I thought of the book. Now,...