[Magdalen] What are we reading?

[Grace Cangialosi]

For Lent I'm going to read "Seven Storey Mountain."  btw, why is there an "e" in Storey?

> On Feb 2, 2015, at 10:58 AM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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!
>> 
>>