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By: Albert Robbins III,
on 10/9/2015
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By: Albert Robbins,
on 10/9/2015
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About your Book Roll Call, A True Crime Prison Story of Corruption and Redemption ( Roll Call Volume 1 )
Roll Call shines a light at the dark, hidden underbelly of the U.S War on Drugs. The author...
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By: Albert Robbins III,
on 5/1/2013
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By: L. M. Baldwin,
on 1/25/2010
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This week's assignment is about pivotal moments, ah ha moments or some kind of change in perception you gained because of something you read in a book about a person or culture different from you.
Some readers can't understand why others of us are so passionate about multicultural literature. For me, part of my love for these books is because I feel enriched. I feel informed in a way that makes me a better person.
For this assignment, I want us to shift from the importance of representation and focus on how difference or a different perspective changed us in a meaningful way. Have you ever read a book and the character's perspective opened you to ideas, beliefs or realities that you had never considered? Tell us a about a work or an author whose body of work changed how you looked at the world, others or yourself. Have you read ever read a book and had a paradigm shift because of it?
I'll add a Mr. Linky later. My computer crashed. Send good vibes, my guy fixes it my sick and aging pc. I'm posting this from the library.
I'll hope you give this considerable thought. Take your time. This will be up at least two weeks.
Happy Reading.
By: L. M. Baldwin,
on 12/5/2009
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For the month of December, knowing how busy everyone will be, we’re only going to have one CORA Diversity Roll Call For December. To recognize all holidays celebrated during this time of year, we're asking you to share on one or more of the following:
1) Favorite children holiday books from your childhood
2) Favorite children holiday books your own children love
3) New holiday books you've discovered
4) Recommend holiday books that celebrate Hanukkah, Eid, Kwaanza,Winter Soltice, Tet, Festival of Lights, any holiday celebrated between late November through January.
5) Stuck, tell us what kind of book you’re looking for to give someone
6) Tell us what’s on your own wish list.
Drop a link here. After New Year’s I will randomly select one participant to choose a book from our Prize Bucket.
By: L. M. Baldwin,
on 10/12/2009
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For this assignment, I am asking participants to share their views on the problem novel. This assignment was inspired by an article at Justine's. I think Justine rocks. She's a kickbutt writer so when she said she wasn't always fond of the problem novel, I admit I was a bit wounded.
I work with a population that gravitates toward this sub-genre, but it's not only at risk (I really don't like this term. Note to self: find alternative) youth who identify with these works. I think sometimes we forget how confusing adolescence can be. Sometimes, young people put themselves in unsafe circumstances; at other times, kids find themselves in circumstances they have no control over or they are ill-equipped to deal with situations. The problem novel isn't designed to fix life's ills, but it can help a young person realize they are not alone and possibly find the courage to seek help or gain understanding. The problem novel is sometimes the first time a young person finds identification.
What are your thoughts? Did you read these kinds of works when you were an adolescent? Did you think they were silly or did you gain something from them? Do you enjoy them as an adult? Do you recommend them to students or other teens you're in contact with? Which titles and to whom would you recommend them? What issues or circumstances would like to see address in YA? What are your recommended best reads and which would you honestly say are poor examples in this genre?
Answer one or all. The choice is yours. To entice you and from now on, I will randomly choose a participant to pick a freebie from the Prize Bucket. Deadline is October 26th.
Leave a link to your post with Mr. Linky. Happy reading.
By: L. M. Baldwin,
on 10/8/2009
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For our current assignment, Ali asked us:
1)Write a post highlighting one or more bloggers who are extremely different from you in some way. For example, think about blogger(s) who:
a. Identify with another race and/or ethnicity, religion, cultural background, age, etc. from you
b. Live the farthest from you
c. Have entirely different tastes in books from you (but you love their blog anyway)
My experience has been that when we talk about diversity, there is an emphasis on realizing how much we are alike rather focusing on the differences. For me however, it is the differences that appeal to me. It is discovering and experiencing something different from what I know that draws me to the place, the person or the culture. I know me. I know what I like, believe and where I stand on issues. The beauty and appeal of diversity is learning something outside of my experience.
Specifically about blogs, I have a confession: for the most part, I don’t read a variety of blogs to discover new reads so much as I’m interested in what the blogger likes or how she writes or the different voice or tone of her blog. I’m not ever likely to read much mystery and while I dream of reading literary works again and I’d enjoy reading more nonfiction particularly history, right now, I’m immersed in YA which I love, and I’m okay reading vicariously through my blogger friends.
That said, here a few bloggers I read regularly:
Gavin at Page247. Gavin lives in the northwest. She’s a few years older and she was a librarian. In my former life, I worked with librarians, and in my world, they rock. I always thought Gavin’s posts reflected an eclectic taste, but I learned recently she really likes mysteries and another genre that escapes me at the moment. I like how she writes, the variety of reviews and we share similar views. I like how Gavin interacts with her readers and it’s the interaction I enjoy with Gavin that draws me most to her blog.
Jill at Rhapsodyinbooks. My initial interest in Jill’s blog was the name of her blog. I recognized the Miles Davis reference and that meant she had great taste in music. Later, I learned Jill had been a librarian, too. (Okay, so maybe I’m not diverse enough.) Jill lives out west but is from the Midwest. She has a library that any book lover would envy and she’s wicked smart and funny. When we first started chatting, I was intimidated. My friend is clearly educated and has done a lot of things I’ve only dreamed of so I wasn’t too sure if she’d find me interesting. For whatever reason, she likes me. Reading Jill’s blog, I get mini history lessons and I’m exposed to other nonfiction works I enjoy hearing about even if I don’t ever read them. We also share a passion for food. What’s not to love about someone who likes to eat as much as I do?
Colleen at Chasing Ray. Colleen lives in Alaska. I’ve never lived anywhere but Michigan. She can fly. I cannot. Colleen and I are close in age and we both come from working class families so we have that in common, but Colleen is a writer, a bona fide writer. I admire librarians, teachers and writers. See a pattern here? Colleen is smart, articulate, no nonsense, a get-it-done kind of woman, and that appeals to me big time. I like people who not only say what they think but they act on it and writing is action. I read Chasing Ray because Colleen tackles big issues in literature and the publishing industry.
Zetta at Fledgling. Zetta is from Canada. She’s adopted and she has a PH.D and she’s taught at respected colleges on the east coast. I have not. Zetta and I are friends and she embodies the kind of talent, accomplishments and position I want for our young women. Zetta is a woman of color who didn’t allow the inherent disadvantage of race and gender to stop her. The reality is it takes tenacity, exceptional talent and determination to succeed when you’re a woman of color, because when the quotas have been filled, the double minority candidate is tossed aside if she doesn’t have the drive to clear the hurdles. I read Fledgling because I never know what this writer is going to talk about. One day it’s a critique of the publishing world, another day it’s a book review and that could mean YA to classic women studies or it’s a lament about social ills or cool haiku. Zetta is that rare breed of a writer: She writes novels, essays, plays and poetry and does every one of them well.
Tanabata at In Spring it is the dawn. Discovered Tanabata’s blog through BBAW. Felt like I hit the jackpot. I love multicultural lit and here was a blogger who exclusively wrote about a culture and its literature. And I know very little about either. Tanabata is a photographer and has lived in different countries. I have not. After a few exchanges, I knew I wanted to visit her site regularly. She’s friendly, artistic and she writes well. Very cool.
Read others' contributions at Worducopia.
By: L. M. Baldwin,
on 9/8/2009
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A few days short for a new assignment. This time we look at short stories. Choose a single author or an anthology. Introduce us to new writers or a new niche. Micro fiction anyone? Preferably choose writers or color, but if you think there is a particular collection or theme that is rarely spotlighted, enlightened us.
You know the drill, post your feature to your own blog and come back here and leave us a link using Mr. Linky. Happy reading.
By: L. M. Baldwin,
on 8/23/2009
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Ali is hosting this week at Worducopia. Our current assignment: we were asked to list or review POC titles with male leads and the setting is outside of the US and preferably YA titles or works suitable for teens. I put together a list. Some of my choices are books I read, some many years ago. I was difficult to find reviews (No surprise there). Most of my selections are also serious reads. I'm looking forward to reading others' submissions because I felt limited and frustrated in my search.
Keeper by Mal Peet
I am not, and will not ever be, a soccer buff - but this book gave me an appreciation for the game that I definitely did not possess beforehand. Peet has written a novel that weaves mysticism and football into one package that takes surprising turns. See review at Persnicketysnark.
No Longer At Ease by Chinua Achebe. I believe I read both titles for high school. Achebe is an accomplished novelist and poet. I enjoy his work. While the writing is deceptively simplistic, the social critique in all his work is thought-provoking and timeless. His work is highly anthologized in reference titles.
Obi Okonkwo is a young man, about twenty-six years old, who returns to Nigeria after studying in England at a university for four years. No Longer At Ease, begins with a trial against Obi that takes place a while after his return, and the novel then works its way backward to explain how Obi has come to be charged with accepting a bribe.
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
...relentlessly unsentimental rendering of Nigerian tribal life before and after the coming of colonialism. First published in 1958, just two years before Nigeria declared independence from Great Britain, the book eschews the obvious temptation of depicting pre-colonial life as a kind of Eden. Instead, Achebe sketches a world in which violence, war, and suffering exist, but are balanced by a strong sense of tradition, ritual, and social coherence.
Out of Bounds by Beverly Naidoo. I've written about this title before. Compelling read and while the topics are complex and serious, this is very accessible for YA readers.
For almost fifty years apartheid forced the young people of South Africa to live apart as Blacks, Whites, Indians and 'Coloureds'. This unique and dramatic collection of stories, one for each decade, is about young people's choices in a beautiful country made ugly by injustice. But shining throughout the conflict and drama are acts of bravery that offer hope for a new rainbow country.
"Death of the King's Horseman" by Wole Solinka. I saw this play in college more than twenty years ago. Made an indelible impression on me.
...builds upon this story to focus on the character of Elesin, the King's Horseman of the title. According to a Yoruba 
tradition, the death of the Chief must be followed by the ritual suicide of the Chief's Horseman as the Horseman's spirit is essential to helping the Chief's spirit ascend to the afterlife. Otherwise the Chief's spirit will wander the earth and bring harm to the Yoruba people. The first half of the play documents the process of this ritual, with the potent, life-loving figure Elesin living out his final day in celebration before the final process begins.
They Poured Fire on Us From The Sky by Benson Deng, Alephosion Deng and Benjamin Ajak with Judy A. Bernestein. My daughter bought this for me one year for Christmas. I was very impressed with her choice. Like many gifts, I put this on the shelf but I've failed to read it. Maybe it's time.
Raised by Sudan's Dinka tribe, the Deng brothers and their cousin Benjamin were all under the age of seven when they left their homes after terrifying attacks on their villages during the Sudanese civil war. In 2001, the three were relocated to the U.S. from Kenya's Kakuma refugee camp as part of an international refugee relief program. Arriving in this country, they immediately began to fill composition books with the memoirs of chaos and culture shock collected here.
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. My daughter read this for a college course and was very engaged in writing the essay for it. I read the other's book and planned to read this one, too. Quite a bit of controversy about some of the scenes for the movie. I'm very interested in seeing the film adaptation.
[F]ollows the story of Amir, the privileged son of a wealthy businessman in Kabul, and Hassan, the son of Amir's father's servant. As children in the relatively stable Afghanistan of the early 1970s, the boys are inseparable. They spend idyllic days running kites and telling stories of mystical places and powerful warriors until an unspeakable event changes the nature of their relationship forever, and eventually cements their bond in ways neither boy could have ever predicted. Even after Amir and his father flee to America, Amir remains haunted by his cowardly actions and disloyalty.
I don't have a round-up for our last assignment. In fact, I need to write my review. Last week was hectic. Hope you all can forgive me this time.
By: L. M. Baldwin,
on 8/7/2009
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Always looking for new ways to keep this meme fun and exciting, I've decided we need some old-fashion comfort: food and reminscing. This week we cover cookbooks and memoirs. Choose one or both genres. Be adventourous and combine them. I'm hoping many of you will spotlight food memoirs. As always, we're looking to expand our reading. Hopping around the globe indulging our appetites in foods and traditions centered around meals sounds like a good time to me.
This week I'm recommending titles. Check out Kim Sunee's, Trail of Crumbs or Kym Regusa's, The Skin Between Us, two memoirs that revisit familial relationships and relay how food is integral to how we connect with one another.
You know the drill. Drop us a link with Mr. Linky. Remember to check out and comment to fellow participants' posts. Here's to good food, good company and great conversation.
By: L. M. Baldwin,
on 8/3/2009
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This week Ali is hosting CORA Diversity Roll Call. Participants have a choice of two broad topics: boys and book and book covers. For greater detail go to Worducopia. Me, I'm choosing to highlight books I have or will share with my 5-year-old nephew. P is all boy and all boy is strange to me. My orientation is girl centric and while girl centric for me means redefining gender roles, I still have a very feminine perspective. And that perspective feeds my desire to nurture my nephew; it means I want to expose him to positive images of himself. Because I have a nephew, these books are featured not solely because I want to recommend good books to share with young boys but to remind the adult caregivers, teachers, counselors and the media folk that our boys are kind and beautiful, curious and creative. They dream. They are loved.
my people, Langston Hughes, Charles R. Smith Jr. photographer
It is so perfectly balanced, lyrical and joyful the children were delighted to read it over and over until they had it memorized. We put it up on the big screen, printed it out on paper and illustrated it, copied it into their notebooks, and read it in chorus or individually through out the day. As Charles R. Smith Jr. says in his afterword in this volume, "At just thirty-three words total, the poem is a study in simplicity..." It is Hughes at his best. Read Andromeda's full review at a wrung sponge.
Bird by Zetta Elliott. Love this. It is simply beautiful. The art and writing is breath-taking, memorable. The kind of book you revisit and enjoy anew each time.
In a promising debut for both Elliott and Strickland, this picture book tells a poignant story about a boy whose loving family, friends and a gift for drawing help him navigate difficult emotions surrounding the deaths of his grandfather and drug-addicted brother. A complicated weaving of impressive watercolor, gouache, charcoal and ink drawings amplifies the metaphors and action of the poetic text as it combines black-and-white with color. Never straying from believable language in casting Mehkai, the child, as narrator, Elliott skillfully unfolds the sequence of events.
Ron's Big Mission by Corrine Naden, Rose Blue
The story of astronaut Ron McNair as a child, but accomplishing something bigger than eventually becoming an astronaut. As a child, he stood up for his right to check out books from the library, though the library would not allow people of color to have library cards. An important story, well told. I like that it shows kids that being famous isn't the most important thing they can do; also, people can be heroes in more ways than one. Marie Lapage.
Be Boy Buzz by bell hooks.
Celebrates being Bold, All Bliss Boy, All Bad Boy Beast, Boy running, Boy Jumping, Boy Sitting Down, and being in Love With Being a Boy.
By: L. M. Baldwin,
on 7/27/2009
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Sci-fi and fantasy was a hit! If you didn’t know where to find POC characters and writers before, here’s a good place to start. A few highlights:
Claudia at the Bottom of Heaven writes about classic science fiction, "From King Arthur’s Court to Delany’s Nevèrÿon." This article is for all you literary geeks.
Stacy Whitman offers an introspective article and impressive list of MG and YA options.
Mitali Perkins from Mitali's Fire Escape writes on "Race, Class and Caste in Hunger Games." This article prompted my choice for the meme.
Ana at things matters a lot writes a thoughtful piece on the issue of race in sci/fi and fantasy.
Find all links with Mr. Linky. The following lists were culled from the posts and comments. I highly recommend you take your time checking out the individual posts over a course of multiple visits.
Authors
L. A. Banks - VHL series
Nisi Shawl - whose book recently won an award
Samuel Delany
Nalo Hopkinson
Tananarive Due
Steven Barnes
David Anthony Durham
Octavia Butler (AF Am fantasy/sci fi)
Derrick Bell (afrocentric sci fi)
Nalo Hopkins (afro-futurism/ black woman centered sci fi)
Kalpa Imperial (fantasy/sci-fi - translated from Spanish available)
Gerald Vizenor's Bearheart
Lee Perry (afro-futurism)
Samuel Delany
Terry Bison Nova Africa (alternative future)
Vandana Singh
Kazui Ishiguro (distopic futurism)
Daniel Heath Justice (Native American alternative future
Anthologies
Dark Matter - edited by Sheree Thomas
Mojo - Conjure Stories edited by Nalo Hopkinson
So Long Been Dreaming edited by Nalo Hopkinson
Titles/Authors
Return to Nevèrÿon by Samuel Delany
The Shadow Speaker Nnedi Okorafor
Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin's
Patricia McKillip
The Moon and the Face
The Cygnet
The Sorceress
The Invention of Morel by Afolfo Casares
Travels to Fahdamin-Ra by Chaz Young
Troy Cle
Marvelous World
Allende's City of Beast
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin. (YA)
The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm by Nancy Farmer
Magic or Madness by Justine Larbalestier (YA)
A Wish After Midnight by Zetta Elliott
Cynthia Leitich Smith
Eternal (YA)
Tantalize (YA)
Across the Nightingale Floor: Tales of the Otori, Book One by Lian Hearn
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
By: L. M. Baldwin,
on 7/10/2009
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Bi-weekly Ali at Worducopia and I, co-host a meme designed to encourage readers to broaden their reading habits. We want to add color and diversity in other ways to your reading choices. This week, I want to explore science fiction and fantasy, two genres where people of color are often absent or sidekicks, but rarely the main character.
Your assignment: spotlight science fiction and fantasy titles where people of color are the leads, works by people of color in these genres or discuss your thoughts about race in these genres. Do you notice the absence of color? In what ways is race portrayed in fantasy and science fiction beyond using traditional racial terms like black and white? If the book covers prominently features people of color, does it affect your perception? Are we more comfortable with imaginary characters versus different race in these works?
Let's strive to give our gut reactions. Being politically correct is polite but how much does that further a substantive discussion? Thanks for participating. Leave us a link to your post with Mr. Linky.
By: L. M. Baldwin,
on 6/12/2009
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Your assignment is to post a poem in a form unique to a particular country, an example would be the sijo (Korea), haiku (Japan) or American Sentence (this is a single line of 17 syllables like a haiku. Created by Ginsberg). Another option: post a favorite poem by a poet of color. Tell us a little about the poet and the poem. Last option, post a poem that celebrates a particular country or culture. Tell us why you enjoy this poem. Please cite the collections for your entries. Let us know if you own the collection containing your feature.
I'm sharing my attempts at the American Sentence penned by Allen Ginsburg. Below are three drafts, all different themes. All feedback is welcome. Whether you're a poet or avid poetry read, don't fret, I have thick skin.
American Sentence
A flock of black boxes flap their wings and tuck their tails for dollars.
****
Beneath blue lights I flood the floor like unstrung beads in a frenzied pour.
*****
Lions for lambs fall like snowflakes on frozen hills of Afghanistan.
CORA Diversity Roll Call is a bi-monthly meme hosted by Ali at Worducopia and me. We post an assignment the 1st and 3rd Friday of every week . You have from the posting date to the next assignment to write and link your post. We suggest you try to post in the first week of the bi-weekly time frame. Our next Roll Call will be hosted by Ali on 6/22. Join us.
Today is Poetry Friday, too. Read more entries at Critique de Mr. Chompchomp. To read more Roll Call entries, check the comments here.
By: L. M. Baldwin,
on 6/5/2009
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Friends, sorry for posting this late. Today's assignment is a repeat, poetry. This went quite well the first time so I thought we'd do it again. Your assignment is to post a poem in a form unique to a particular country, an example would be the sijo (Korea), haiku (Japan) or American Sentence (this is a single line of 17 syllables like a haiku. Created by Ginsberg). Another option: post a favorite poem by a poet of color. Tell us a little about the poet and the pome. Last option, post a poem that celebrates a particular country or culture. Tell us why you enjoy this poem. Please cite the collections for your entries. Let us know if you own the collection containing your feature.
Please leave a link in the comments.
By: L. M. Baldwin,
on 5/2/2009
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Ali is hosting this week.
worducopia: Roll Call: Challenging Stereotypes
Have you seen Mitali Perkins' (author of The Secret Keeper, Monsoon Summer, and other books for young people) article in School Library Journal, called Straight Talk on Race: Challenging the Stereotypes in Kids' Books? The idea is to help teachers and librarians to guide kids in noticing how race is depicted in the books they read, but I think the issues are relevant for all of us, and all types of literature. As a fledgling writer, I have to admit it made my head spin a little bit. So, I've decided to borrow her idea for this week's roll call.
Join us. Leave at link at Wordcupia. We have gotten off with an impressive start. New bloggers are joining every week. Can't participate this week? Don't let that stop you from reading what's sure to be some informative and maybe provocative blogs.
By: L. M. Baldwin,
on 4/29/2009
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This is week #4. Things are going well but we want to grow so do join us for this week's assignment. May is designated Asian Heritage Month. April is National Poetry Month so to celebrate both, I am sharing about a poet.
Kimiko Hahn
born in 1955 in Mount Kisco, New York
Her credits include Air Pocket (Hanging Loose Press, 1989), Earshot (HLP, 1992), The Unbearable Heart (Kaya, 1996), and Mosquito and Ant (W.W. Norton,, 1999).
...besides the threat of terrorism, economic chaos, etc.--is my young adult daughters. As a mother it is my duty to protect them; so the conflict is how to write about some of the things that we experience as a family without compromising them. It is a difficult issue for me. ~Kimiko Kahn , interview at Voices from the Gaps.
IN CHILDHOOD
things don’t die or remain damaged
but return: stumps grow back hands,
a head reconnects to a neck,
a whole corpse rises blushing and newly elastic.
Later this vision is not True:
the grandmother remains dead
not hibernating in a wolf’s belly.
Or the blue parakeet does not return
from the little grave in the fern garden
though one may wake in the morning
thinking mother’s call is the bird.
Or maybe the bird is with grandmother
inside light. Or grandmother was the bird
and is now the dog
gnawing on the chair leg.
Where do the gone things go
when the child is old enough
to walk herself to school,
her playmates already
pumping so high the swing hiccoughs?
posted online at the diacenter
See Fertile Ground entry.
By: L. M. Baldwin,
on 4/26/2009
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This is week #4. Things are going well but we want to grow so do join us for this week's assignment. May is designated Asian Heritage Month. In honor of the month, I am asking you to:
1) List favorite Asian, South Asian or Asian American writers and their works.
2) Share a little history or geography about a particular country.
3) Be creative. Share a quote, passage from a work or write a brief bio sketch of a favorite writer.
4) How about writing about nonfiction? A cookbook- include a recipe. A history book or memoir.
5) Don't know much about Asian writers? Explore and then report on what you discovered.
6) If you are familiar with writers, please share a few recommendations. Please cite country/ethnicity. Asia is a lot of ground to cover.
Please create a post on your blog and leave a link here. Do check out other participants' posts and comment. You have a week. Looking forward to hearing what you enjoy.
Happy reading.
By: L. M. Baldwin,
on 4/17/2009
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worducopia: Roll Call: Around the World
Ali is hosting week #3. She writes: For this week's C.O.R.A. Diversity Roll Call, let's travel around the world together! Choose a country or region and tell us a little bit about it, including, of course, an author or two who hail from there.
Join us. Post a submission on your blog and leave a link with Mr. Linky at Worducopia.
By: L. M. Baldwin,
on 4/9/2009
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Alright, folks, it's our second week for Roll Call and April is National Poetry Month so this week's assignment is all about poetry. Not a poetry reader, no problem, by the end of this exercise, you might not be inspired to write a poem but I'm hoping you will discover poets and a genre you'll want to explore more. Complete one or all of the following:
1) Post a poem by a woman of color. Your choice must be a poet who has written in the last forty years. Do your best to avoid the most anthologized, popular poets unless poetry is new terrority for you. In that case, check out why the popular poets are well loved.
2) Tell us why you like the poem you chose. Don't worry about the technical aspects of writing poetry, devices or forms. Give us your reader's response. How does it make you feel or what does it make you think about? What questions does it raise for you?
3) If you are a poetry reader and you can recommend a contemporary woman poet of color, who do you recommend and why? I would really love to hear about emerging or lesser known poets. Introduce us to poets from around the world.
Please remember to provide citation for the work you post. Provide links and interesting trivia if you like. Be creative.
For those of you who need a jumping off point, google these poets: Audre Lorde, Sonia Sanchez, Naomi Shiab Nye, Sandra Cisneros, Toi Derricotte, Lucille Clifton, Merle Collins, Maxine Kumin and Marilyn Nelson. I am purposely leaving off the one poet most of us know- Ms. Maya Angelou because if we know any famous black woman poet, we know Ms. Angelou. Remember the aim here is discovery. I realize I gave you a time frame, gender and limited it to women of color. Rather than see these terms as limits, consider it a focus especially if you have no idea where to begin.
Please create a post on your blog and leave a link here. Do check out other participants' posts and comment. You have a week. Looking forward to hearing what you enjoy.
Happy reading.
By: L. M. Baldwin,
on 4/3/2009
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Join Ali of Worucopia and me for C.O.R.A. Diversity Roll Call. This week Ali writes:
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Awww. I'm sending good vibes you're way. Hope everything turns out well.
Sorry about your computer. I wouldn't know the first thing to do if mine crashed.
I posted a link in your Mr Linky to my post. I don't think it came out very positive, and there's three pivotal moments. In fact the ending is a little negative. Sorry about that, but I just sat and wrote. Funny what comes out.
I will definitely be thinking on this one. Some of the most enriching books I've read have come from these types of stories, because they help me see the world in completely different, experience it in a way I had never thought to before. I'll check back for Mr. Linky. (and good luck with your computer). :)
She's up but running slow. Thanks for the good vibes.
hard to pinpoint but i decided to go with whatever came first to my mind. the books i think back to are many of the newberry books like "island of the blue dolphins" and "julie of the wolves" i was struck by the way those people lived such a different life from the one i lived. i actually envied them. i found myself studying other cultures early on as a child. even tried to teach myself spanish :)