So, I have been thinking....I'm in love with narratives of black lesbian women! Yep, I said it...I'm not one and I should not even have had to say it, but I think this is why it makes it so interesting to me...to know that I love their coming of age stories...and noting the similarities, while the world is stuck on the differences. This past week in class we "attempted" to read Judith Butler and I thought about the blurring of the lines of divisive sexualities. But, at the same time I think their is something wonderful in writing about their struggles and their success in dealing with it. Gosh, I thought life as a young, black, woman was hard, but can you imagine being young, black, lesbian, and a woman?
I am saying all this to say that the autobiographical narratives of contemporary black, feminist, lesbians is a new direction that I would like to take my writing in. While I am still going to focus on Audre Lorde and bell hooks...I am going to show how the writing of more contemporary black feminist memoirists like Staceyann Chin are shaped by later writers.
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tell me more. tell me who to read. i need a new book and i love memoirs.
Sorry, I am so late getting back to you. The memoir that I recently finished reading is that of Staceyann Chin, which just came out in February called The Other Side of Paradise. I also recently read bell hook's Bone Black. Let me just tell you...Chin's memoir had me staying up until 4 in the morning because I couldn't put it down.
Hi there!
This is an excellent direction to take and I hope you will feel welcome to offer a guest column at my think tank whenever the urge hits you!!
*smiles*
I am quite happy to give the microphone to other sistas who want to share an angle that we haven't offered at my forum!
Peace, blessings and DUNAMIS!
Lisa
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