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Amber J. Phillips's avatar

I love to being in company with Black women writers/readers who aren't afraid to talk about their real relationships to READING Toni Morrison. I was put directly in the fire because I took a graduate level Toni Morrison seminar as an undergrad...always trying to prove some shit to myself! smdh. Her books beat my ass but trying to write essays about them was even harder because....who the fuck am I to comment on her themes. And I choose Paradise at that! UGH! My friend's mom says Toni writes too much weird sex shit for her and that sends me every time I think about it! But in all that, I feel she's still showing us how to write how you write and be ok with it. No matter how simplistic or complex your work is. We deserve to tell our stories exactly how they come out of us. I will also say, I'm waiting to read Sister Outsider for some reason. I've read Zami (a few times at this point) and that book literally changed something in me. So I'm waiting to be unearthed like that again in my 40s. My 40s will be dedicated to doing a deep dive into the Lorde. I've also read Their Eyes Were Watching God more times than I can count at this point. That's my book!

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Shawna Davis's avatar

I’m right there with you, Tia🙂. A book really has to enthrall me within the first few pages or it’ll go straight to my TBR pile lol. Recently though, I made the commitment to turn on my do not disturb and read for a few minutes daily and so far that’s been helping me tackle my stack of books I’ve let pile high in the hopes of reading them at some point. I’m currently reading “Allegedly” by Tiffany Jackson and I’m enjoying it so far. Toni Morrison’s “Sula” is included in my TBR list, as well as Angela Davis’ “Women, Race & Class.” I’m looking forward to both of those.

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