Today is My Sister Marion's Birthday
Marion Louise Walker Stauffer. Today is my dear sister Marion's birthday. When she died five years ago, it was such a shock that it...
Can We Combat Racism with African American Literature?
"Janie saw her life like a great tree in leaf with the things suffered, things enjoyed, things done and undone. Dawn and doom was...
ROOTS AND CONSEQUENCES
When he was a bit younger than I am now, my father decided to write his autobiography. He had recently watched Alex Haley's Television...
Feminism and a Treasured Macramé
TODAY WOMEN ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, and indeed the world, are marching in protest of the presidency and values of Donald Trump. I'm very...
POLITICAL REVOLUTION
Ever since the election, like so many others, I have been too shocked and devastated, to continue writing, even though inspired by some...
Colombia's Santos Wins Nobel Peace Prize:
I was moved to read this morning that the Nobel Peace Prize has gone to President Santos of Colombia, for his negotiations with FARC to...
FURTHER IN SUMMER THAN THE BIRDS
Have you noticed that at the end of August, Emily Dickinson is always right? At this moment--"Antiquest felt at soon, when August burning...
GRAY FACE AND EVE
GRAY FACE AND EVE, my novel-in-progress about twelfth century sculptor Gislebertus and his carving of Eve has been on my mind lately. It...
What do I owe Janette Turner Hospital and the GEORGIA REVIEW? My Cello!
Actually, I owe them both much more than that-- but what could be more dear than my burnished, glowing cello with its resonant voice,...
Thirty Years Ago!
Thirty years ago this spring, Alice Walker's Wild Trees Press published my novel Condor and Hummingbird. The novel had been rejected...
