Didn't whats her name write a really cool poem about how to describe different shades? My own senior moment. Really famous African-American poet. Still living. Like one first two or three women one thinks of when talking African-American poets.
Can we maybe vote on the whole murdering people issue?
Wash ,'Serenity'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Typo Boy - Aug 04, 2010 3:42:30 pm PDT #11813 of 28343
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Dana - Aug 04, 2010 3:43:28 pm PDT #11814 of 28343
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Maya Angelou?
Aims - Aug 04, 2010 3:43:39 pm PDT #11815 of 28343
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Maya Angelou?
Aims - Aug 04, 2010 3:43:54 pm PDT #11816 of 28343
Shit's all sorts of different now.
t terrorist fist bump with Dana
Dana - Aug 04, 2010 3:44:12 pm PDT #11817 of 28343
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
We should go get gay married in California.
Hil R. - Aug 04, 2010 3:44:34 pm PDT #11818 of 28343
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Maya Angelou?
Aims - Aug 04, 2010 3:44:55 pm PDT #11819 of 28343
Shit's all sorts of different now.
We should. And bring Hil.
Typo Boy - Aug 04, 2010 3:45:13 pm PDT #11820 of 28343
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Yeah. Really a brain fart to mentally block on Maya Angelou. Much worse than not remembering Doris Lessing. If I can't remember William Shakespeare I'll really start worrying.
Typo Boy - Aug 04, 2010 3:59:58 pm PDT #11821 of 28343
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Now trying to remember the skin color description - Caramel, and bitter chocolate and cocoa with milk. Not exactly those but a whole list of ways to describe the variety of skin tones.
Typo Boy - Aug 04, 2010 4:43:13 pm PDT #11822 of 28343
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Still not remembering the poem. Maybe I never heard the title. Mayou read it out loud while being interviewed. She wrote it as a lighthearted piece when a white friend was describing a black friend and either did not know any words to describe skin tone or was too scared to describe skin tone to a Black person. So Maya Angelou wrote a whole poem explaining how to describe different skin shades "Mocha with a swirl" that sort of thing. When she read it she got that purr in her voice she sometimes get when she's reading something playful instead of something somber.