Imagination! who can sing thy force? Or who describe the swiftness of thy course? Soaring through air to find the bright abode, Th' empyreal palace of the thund'ring God, We on thy pinions can surpass the wind, And leave the rolling universe behind: From star to star the mental optics rove, Measure the skies, and … Continue reading Coloring Books Progress Report — Rediscovering the 18th Century with Belle
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Uncovering layers of otherness: Laila Lalami’s The Moor’s Account (coloring books project 2015)
Friends -- I finished Laila Lalami's The Moor's Account two days ago and I am still trying to wrap my head around my reactions to this remarkable novel. Lalami focuses on a person only mentioned in the official account of a disastrous voyage to Florida undertaken by Spanish explorers, soldiers, and settlers, in 1527. This … Continue reading Uncovering layers of otherness: Laila Lalami’s The Moor’s Account (coloring books project 2015)
01/22/15 (coloring books project 2015): Nancy Rawles and Tananarive Due
Friends -- I'm sharing a blog post that I wrote for Whidbey Life Magazine here. In that blog post I speak a little about the work of Nancy Rawles and Tananarive Due -- two absolutely incredible African American women writers. But I'd like to say a bit more on a personal level about what they … Continue reading 01/22/15 (coloring books project 2015): Nancy Rawles and Tananarive Due
Stephanie Barbé Hammer Writing (Un) Real 