Final week! We're rolling to the end and it seems
we've barely scratched the surface! Across America's landscape the
voices are not just speaking but questioning.....and oftentimes there are no
answers. The 1960s give us "The Beats" and a generation reeling with
those questions.
The couple of new readings for this week give you a quick
taste of the works coming out of this time--their names may or may not be
familiar, but read their words....and read more if they catch you.
Review:
Zora Neale Hurston bio and "How It Feels to Be Colored
Me"
Langston Hughes bio and "The Negro Speaks of
Rivers"; "Mother to Son";
"Harlem Sweeties" (linked here)
In Vol. E:
Kurt Vonnegut bio and
"Top 10 Kurt Vonnegut Quotes" (linked here)
W. S. Merwin bio and "For the Anniversary of My Death";
"Losing a Language"
Annie Dillard bio and "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek:
Seeing"
Read:
Jack Kerouac bio and "Big Sur: Chpt. 8"
Robert Creely bio and "The Messengers"
Allen Ginsberg bio and "A Supermarket in California"
Li-Young Lee bio and "The Gift"