[Magdalen] What are we reading?

[Jay Weigel]

Because that's the way it's spelled in the UK.

On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 11:20 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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!
> >>
> >>
>