tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4697562568281773339.post767779957598190695..comments2024-03-05T06:55:21.597-05:00Comments on Dori Reads: Enthralled on Poetry FridayDorainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04421672075192660319noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4697562568281773339.post-71787498530099535902012-11-23T11:23:13.919-05:002012-11-23T11:23:13.919-05:00"Help, 1968" is the one that speaks to m..."Help, 1968" is the one that speaks to me. How quickly we make assumptions about people based on their appearance!Author Amokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13636391982938592789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4697562568281773339.post-23364241356150393472012-11-18T18:56:21.257-05:002012-11-18T18:56:21.257-05:00I put this one on my wish list. All the Natasha T...I put this one on my wish list. All the Natasha Trethewey poems I have read so far have been wonderful.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12463332371535167975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4697562568281773339.post-51557470070180330932012-11-17T05:01:56.955-05:002012-11-17T05:01:56.955-05:00Marvelous details, aren't they?Marvelous details, aren't they?Dorainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04421672075192660319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4697562568281773339.post-8418603035271802562012-11-17T05:01:26.713-05:002012-11-17T05:01:26.713-05:00Trethaway was born to an African American mother a...Trethaway was born to an African American mother and a white father. Even in the late 60s interracial marriage was not legal in Mississippi, so a white person would assume this woman was unmarried with an illegitimate child of a white man and needed charity to survive. That's my best guess. Anyone else from the Deep South reading that would want to add more clarity?Dorainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04421672075192660319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4697562568281773339.post-76763623042117651072012-11-17T04:52:53.432-05:002012-11-17T04:52:53.432-05:00Definitely one to add!Definitely one to add!Dorainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04421672075192660319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4697562568281773339.post-28481869454545418472012-11-17T04:52:34.293-05:002012-11-17T04:52:34.293-05:00I think that's my favorite, too.I think that's my favorite, too.Dorainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04421672075192660319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4697562568281773339.post-5209120255548372672012-11-16T21:47:55.301-05:002012-11-16T21:47:55.301-05:00Dori, I am drawn to nostagia, so like all these, b...Dori, I am drawn to nostagia, so like all these, but especially 'geography' and "We find it<br />in the brambles of blackberry, the coins/flattened on the tracks." And thanks for sharing about this anthology. Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4697562568281773339.post-86798401279598690602012-11-16T15:37:28.713-05:002012-11-16T15:37:28.713-05:00I'm wondering about this line:
"each ti...I'm wondering about this line: <br /><br />"each time<br />strangers would stare in disbelief, then<br />empty the change from their pockets."<br /><br />Why would they empty their change when they found out she wasn't the maid? (Sorry to be dense!) Tabathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367572663591077922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4697562568281773339.post-79722427135788862222012-11-16T12:44:05.382-05:002012-11-16T12:44:05.382-05:00Yep, that line Anastasia picked got me, too. Than...Yep, that line Anastasia picked got me, too. Thanks so much for sharing these, Doraine. Another book for my "to read" list!Robyn Hood Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07279289715664168026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4697562568281773339.post-61815640070479366182012-11-16T12:28:17.952-05:002012-11-16T12:28:17.952-05:00"he was already turning to go, waning
like..."he was already turning to go, waning<br /> like the moon that night--my father"<br /><br />Love this!<br /><br />Thanks for sharing!Anastasia Suenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452503209711610454noreply@blogger.com