Quotation to live by:
"IF YOU GIVE UP WHEN IT'S WINTER, YOU WILL MISS THE PROMISE OF YOUR SPRING, THE BEAUTY OF YOUR SUMMER, AND THE FULFILLMENT OF YOUR FALL."
Books on my nightstand right now:
FLEDGLING, BY OCTAVIA BUTLER
COVENANT WITH BLACK AMERICA
GERMAN-ENGLISH DICTIONARY
GIRL, GET YOUR MONEY STRAIGHT
ENTERTAINMENT BOOK (COUPONS, LOL)
Favorite authors fiction:
JAMES BALDWIN, ZORA NEALE HURSTON
Favorite authors non-fiction:
N/A I ACTUALLY PREFER NONFICTION SO THE LIST WOULD BE TOO LONG!
Favorite poets
ANYONE FROM THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE ERA
Favorite beach reading
TRASHY ROMANCE NOVELS!
Book or author other people praised but I never liked:
ZANE, ERIC JEROME DICKY, OR LIKE 80% OF THE AUTHORS ON BLACK EXPRESSIONS
Writings that influenced how I live my life:
BOOKS ABOUT HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS / POWER STRUGGLES (APARTHEID, THE HOLOCAUST, SLAVERY, CLASS/CASTE RELATIONS)
TV show I am not ashamed to admit I watch:
SUPERNANNY
TV show I hate to admit I like:
BIG LOVE
Favorite comic Strip:
THE BOONDOCKS
Movies I love so much I have watched them more than once:
I KNOW THESE MOVIES LINE FOR LINE... WHERE THE HEART IS, WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT, THE FIVE HEARTBEATS, CLASH OF THE TITANS, ANCHORMAN, AN AMERICAN TAIL
Web sites (other than your org’s) that I visit regularly:
THE 5TH QUARTER, GREEKCHAT, MYSPACE, CNN, YOUTUBE
Magazines I read regularly:
ESSENCE, NEWSWEEK
Favorite type of music:
R&B
Last concert/performance attended:
HMMM,I THINK FRANKIE BEVERLY + MAZE (OR "THE MAZE" LIKE OLD PEOPLE SAY) AT CONSTITUTION HALL
Recording I play when my soul needs a lift:
MARIAH (FLY LIKE A BIRD)
MARY J. (TESTIMONY)
AND SET MY PLAYLIST ON RANDOM TO REAL GOSPEL (NOT "INSPIRATION" BUT PRAISE + WORSHIP MUSIC)
Person in my field I most admire:
KELLY YUILLE R.I.P.
Living person(s) I’d most like to join for dinner and conversation:
OPRAH (MINUS GALE)
MY PARENTS AND MY GRANDMA... I MIGHT HAVE TO DRIVE DOWN THIS WEEKEND
Heroes from History:
ALL THE BLACK HISTORY HEROES + SHEROES, THE SUFFRAGISTS (SUFFRAGETTS), AND HBCU FOUNDERS, EDUCATORS, ADMINISTRATORS
If I had the power to order my city to read one book it would be:
KINDRED, BY OCTAVIA BUTLER
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