#american voice in literature

[wellesleybooks]

Another great list of books shortlisted for an award. First presented in 2016, the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award honors a work of fiction from the previous calendar year that speaks with an “American Voice” about American experiences. Congratulations to all the authors and their publishers.

#shortlist #book awards #mark twain house #american voice in literature #hernan diaz #gabrielle zevin #tess gunty #andrew holleran #elizabeth mccracken #morgan talty #jacinda townsend #jennifer haigh #ling ma #barbara kingsolver

[mimi-0007]

The beautiful and talented sisters .. Phylicia Rashad and Debbie Allen

#black tumblr #black literature #black excellence #black community #black girl magic #blackexcellence365 #phylicia rashad #debbie allen #black is beautiful #beautiful voice #beautiful hair #talented #american actress #black actresses #singers #soulful voice

[gennsoup]

It is a terrible thing To be so open: it is as if my heart Put on a face and walked into the world.

Sylvia Plath, Three Women: A Poem for Three Voices

#Sylvia Plath #Three Women: A Poem for Three Voices #Winter Trees #openness #heart on my sleeve #heart #emotional #American poetry #poetry #poetry quotes #quotes #quotes blog #literary quotes #literature quotes #literature #book quotes

[etudiantfantome]

Night Walk

by Franz Wright

The all-night convenience store’s empty and no one is behind the counter. You open and shut the glass door a few times causing a bell to go off, but no one appears. You only came to buy a pack of cigarettes, maybe a copy of yesterday’s newspaper — finally you take one and leave thirty-five cents in its place. It is freezing, but it is a good thing to step outside again: you can feel less alone in the night, with lights on here and there between the dark buildings and trees. Your own among them, somewhere. There must be thousands of people in this city who are dying to welcome you into their small bolted rooms, to sit you down and tell you what has happened to their lives. And the night smells like snow. Walking home for a moment you almost believe you could start again. And an intense love rushes to your heart, and hope. It’s unendurable, unendurable.

#franz wright #night walk #part of me reads this poem with the Dead Flag Blues voice #even though it is much cosier #nuit #american literature #poetry #litblr #bookblr #night #winter #american poetry

[macrolit]

Black Voices & New Black Voices These are 2 of 12 vintage paperback classics that comprise our current giveaw@y.

#black voices #new black voices #black writers #black authors #african-american #literature #black #book contest

[bruce-morrow]

Other Countries celebrates Sojourner: Black Gay Voiced in the Age of AIDS @ CUNY Grad Center, 2023

#bruce morrow #brucemorrow #bruce-morrow #the moment that #themomentthat #cuny #clags #other countries #sojourner #black gay voices #black gay #aids #hiv #poetry #fiction #essays #literature #African American

[digitalconcept-fl]

I went to the local used book store today with a friend and was lucky to find a few feminist books. I've seen quotes of Naomi Wolf's The Beauty Myth and Promiscuities on tumblr before and I am looking forward to reading it. Please feel free to let me know your insights if you have read these. I'm particularly excited for the center book as I am Native American.

Obviously, it is important to be critical when reading any literature regarding Feminist theory and form your own opinions and beliefs. Only through education and learning our history of opression through the voices of the feminists before us will be also be able to make change in our time that can benefit the health and safety of all women now and in the future.

#feminist reading #feminist literature #books #reading #personal collection #Naomi Wolf #Promiscuities #Mary Daly #Pure Lust: Elemental Feminist Philosophy #Kathleen M. Donovan #Coming to Voice: Feminist readings of Native American Literature

[abellinthecupboard]

"In 1844 explorers John Fremont and Kit Carson discovered Lake Tahoe"

—Lodge guidebook in 1841 Washoe children swam like otters in the lake their mothers rinsed red beans in 1842 Washoe warriors began to dream dried bones and hollow reeds they woke clutching their shields in 1843 Washoe elders began to speak of grass hunched in fear and thunder sticks over the mountain in 1844 Fremont and Carson

— Lucille Clifton, Voices (2008)

#“in 1844 explorers John Fremont and Kit Carson discovered Lake Tahoe” #in 1844 explorers John Fremont and Kit Carson discovered Lake Tahoe #Lucille Clifton #Voices #poetry #writing #Native American #Indian #literature #history #poets on tumblr #Lake Tahoe

[priestfrommidnightmass]

recently found some articles on american vandal season two which is a rarity of course and was instantly slaughtered by this insane fucking sentence. like. KEVIN?

#we do not claim kevin. kevin is no one’s trans king #this is from like episode by episode reviews vulture did for av s2 as it aired #there’s so little av literature out there and one of the few out there is giving kevin a transguy shoutout. like what??? #why would it make that sound #KEVIN MCCLAIN IS NO ONE’S TRANS KING #any other character is more trans than kevin like what are you even talking abt #i’m sorry it’s my civic duty to hate kevin #sam voice kevin kinda FUCKING SUCKS! #american vandal

[desdasiwrites]

–Anna-Marie McLemore, When the Moon Was Ours

#book quote of the day #anna marie mclemore #when the moon was ours #Valentine's day reading recs #magical realism #ya books #bipoc representation #lgbtqia+ literature #transgender protagonist #pakistani protagonist #latinx protagonist #mexican-american author #James Tiptree Jr Award winner #Stonewall Honor Award winner #young adult fantasy #romance books #own voices #gorgeously written #book recommendations

[thebanishedreader]

Book Bans in Arkansas

As of June 2023

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

Banned from libraries and classrooms as of October 2022.

Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin

Banned from libraries and classrooms as of October 2022.

Tricks by Ellen Hopkins

Banned from libraries as of March 2023, based on a formal challenge.

All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson

Banned from libraries as of March 2023, based on a formal challenge.

Statistics Source: Pen America

Support the American Library Association!!

#banned books #book banning #books #american library association #libraries #literature #freedom of speech #book recommendations #book blog #bookblr #books and reading #reading #literacy #literacy skills #lgbt voices #poc voices #politics #political news #activism #book activism #read more books #read more #freedom of mind #freedom of the press

[bookcoversaroundtheworld]

Beloved - Turkey (2016)

#toni morrison #beloved #book covers #book cover #turkish cover #turkey #black authors #own voices #american literature

[mimi-0007]

Beautiful and Talented Jasmine Guy.

#black tumblr #black beauty #american actress #black excellence #beautiful black women #black girl magic #blackexcellence365 #black literature #beautiful hair #beautiful voice #black community #a different world #harlem nights

[gennsoup]

Too much light will blind you and too much water will drown you. It is a danger to accept anything real from another person, to know something of them. A person has to be careful about the voices they listen to, the faces they let themselves see.

Catherine Lacey, Pew

#Catherine Lacey #Pew #light #water #human connection #friendship quotes #friendship #advice #voices #American literature #quotes #quotes blog #literary quotes #literature quotes #literature #book quotes #books #words #text

[thegoblinpit]

this was SO MUCH FUN. "If you are silent about your pain they'll kill you and say you enjoyed it." -Zora Neale Hurston This project is available on my redbubble! https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/150622215?asc=u

#word art #my art #art by the goblin pit #goblin posting #black lives matter #blm #harlem renaissance #zora neale hurston #american literature #african american authors #black history #civil rights #womens rights #lift black voices

[capricorn-0mnikorn]

Snippets:

On the importance of seeing yourself in literature

You know, as a Black person, when I walk in a room and I spot the Black people in that room, it makes me feel safe and when I spot those Black folk, I can see everybody much more clearly, right? I'm open in a different way, right?I think that's a human thing. And it's no different when it comes to literature.

and:

But for the most part, young people don't like to read because it's boring and because it takes too long. By the way, I don't disagree with these things. I don't think all reading is boring, but I do think some reading is boring. And I think it's unfair for us to act like we as adults don't know that to be true.

Also:

I'm more concerned with pouring love and compassion and hope and grace and patience into young people, because at the end of the day, though I love books, they're just not as important as the young people themselves.

#Literature #Y.A. literature #storytelling #It's a human thing #american education #own voices #representation #NPR: Morning Edition #13 December 2022