Summary: A novel-in-verse about a young girl coming-of-age and stepping out of the shadow of her former best friend. She looks me hard in my eyes & my knees lock into tree trunks My eyes don't dance like my heartbeat racing They stare straight black hot daggers. I remember things will never be the same. …
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As I posted earlier in February, I always craved representation in the books I read in school. Most of the books that we covered that featured Black characters dealt with issues of slavery or the Civil Rights Movement. While these are important aspects of Black culture, they are not the only way we should be …
When I first heard of Zora Neale Hurston, it was at the end of tenth grade when I was reviewing the summer reading assignments for AP Language and Composition. Their Eyes Were Watching God was one of the required readings for the class, and I didn’t have any expectations One of the things about the …
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