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“A Black girl whose voice chased away darkness, ushered in light.”

Maya’s Song by Renee Watson

June 16, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

  Maya’s momma was right. Maya was a preacher, a teacher. A Black girl whose voice chased away darkness, ushered in light.   Maya’s Song is an introduction biography of Maya Angelou. Done in prose poetry, (most likely inspired by Angelou’s own writing style. Though I am afraid I have only read a handful of her writing and therefore, not well enough versed to say yes or no), this picture book shows Angelou’s life poetically. Renee Watson was inspired by Maya Angelou’s works and that […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: Arkansas, Bryan Collier, Marguerite Annie Johnson, Maya Angelou, Missouri, Renée Watson, St. Louis, United States - African American & Black

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:303 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: Arkansas, Bryan Collier, Marguerite Annie Johnson, Maya Angelou, Missouri, Renée Watson, St. Louis, United States - African American & Black ·
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My hometown long before it was my hometown…

The Amazing Adventures of Aaron Broom by A.E. Hotchner

September 1, 2021 by chelz.hawk 2 Comments

“The people he was talking to, all around me, had lost everything, their houses, their jobs, their cars, I mean everything just like we did, and yet here they all were, having to live under the ramp of a bridge in dirty shacks, their bellies as empty as mine, huddled together, feeling good from listening to FDR, just like me, more of us no better of than we were when he got elected but when he says it’s all getting better we believe him, and […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: A.E. Hotchner, cbr13bingo, St. Louis, the great depression

chelz.hawk's CBR13 Review No:24 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: A.E. Hotchner, cbr13bingo, St. Louis, the great depression ·
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