[Magdalen] What are we reading?

[ME Michaud]

Thanks! Will save for later savoring.

Walked into a consulting gig (the way you might walk into a fan)
the other day during a friendly telephone chat with a former colleague.
When I get home, I'm going to be busy <sigh>

For Lent I'm thinking of re-reading The Interior Castle.
-M

On Monday, February 2, 2015, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> I discovered that book some years ago, along with other books by Hurston.
> As you probably know, she was one of the writers of the Harlem Renaissance,
> along with Langston Hughes and others.
> I'm not surprised that it had gone out of print; African-American
> literature kind of disappeared from the scene for awhile.
> She wrote a number of other novels, among the "Mules and Men." I just
> downloaded her first novel, "Jonah's Gourd Vine"--Kindle for $1.99
>
> If you liked this, you'll probably also like "A Gathering of Old Men" and
> "A Lesson Before Dying," both by Ernest Gaines. The latter was the book for
> Richmond's Big Read about 10 years ago, and Gaines spoke at the closing
> ceremony for that event.
>
> As an aside, if you have a chance to see a performance of "Raisin' Cane,"
> go. It's an incredible one-woman performance about the Harlem Renaissance
> artists of all genres: poetry, music, drama, etc. I saw it a couple of
> weeks ago, and it was electrifying. The performer was Jasmine Guy, and she
> was backed by an unusual trio consisting of drums, bass and violin, played
> by the most amazing jazz violinist I've ever heard!
>
>