Song Of Solomon INTERVIEW

Soooo... I thought the frst part was funny b/c i guess i didnt realize that quoting scritptures and lyrics arent normal in regular converstion. hahaha. Aaaand.. I have not heard or seen people fly back to Africa lol I feel like that is more from an older age group... like my grandmas time. I can relate to her a bit.. she's ok in my book lol!

ToD: Houston.. we have a problem

Ok, so I knoooow how I was going on and on about how much i was gonna LOVE this book "Song of Solomon", but I'm reeeeally NOT liking it. I mean don't get me wrong.. i LOVE detail descriptions, but she gives DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS! OMG! I'm like... JUST SAY IT ALREADY GOD!! I felt like I was sitting there waiting for something to happen, longer than Maxine Kumin did waiting for Anne Sexton to answer the phone... sorry very mean joke (God forgive me lol) but still... soooo i think I'm gonna try to 1. Stick it out & just finish the book 2. Find Beloved and read it or 3. Look thru some other poems or short stories or videos or SOMETHING and come back to it later.. I don't know but... Ill keep you guys posted each step of the way lol

                                                                          ~Dré <3

Currently Reading : Song of Solomon

ToD: 1st reaction

Blog #1

I have heard of Toni Morrison and some works that she has done before in the past, but I never actually read anything she has written. I know that her book Beloved, was turned into a film that my dad always called "Some crazy movie with Halle Berry", of whom I later discovered was Thandie Newton. The movie also stars the wonderful Oprah Winfrey and Danny Glover, along with many others. After reading the summary of the movie, I REALLY want to see this movie, and possibly read the book if I have time, even if it's just for my own pleasure. Kira gave me the book Song of Solomon, and just from reading the first page of the PREFACE... not even the actual story... I fell in love! Her (Toni) wit reminds me of my own, the way she thinks is so similar to my thought process, the very things that she says are what I have said for so long. I am very excited to read this book, and learn more about her. It seems like it will be very interesting, funny, dramatic, relatable, and like any Disney story... come with a morale attached. After reading some stuff on her, I see that we're alike in more ways than I thought. Aside from our race, we both were the second child in our working class family, and took a skillful likeness to writing at a very young age, we both got into Howard University (However, she attended, I'm at St.Rose), we're poets, and we both LOVE to give detailed descriptions when story-telling. I went into this picking only Black Writers because they were never really presented to me as choices during my other schooling. Of course they were there, but they were rarely mentioned. Aside from the insignificant "African- American Authors" section in my high school library that I frequented... there was never much talk in the classroom about Black female authors... except for Gwendolyn Brooks (during the poetry section). I am looking forward to reading Toni Morrison books, and poems, and watching videos. She seems cool. I think me and her will get along pretty well. I'll keep you guys posted (no pun intended) and subscribe!

                                                                                               ~ Dré

Author of Choice : Toni Morrison