In necessary kindling anjail ahmad explores the abundant source of generations of women before her. She also recalls African Americans' laden history and rich heritage. It is the act of remembering that kindles the book's fire- that ignites the narrator's emotional, often angry, always powerful voice. It is when this fire is lit that she also speaks of newer generations- her son, her daughter. These poems suggest a slow-burning rage at the generations-long shadow under which African American women have struggled, and they spark a hope that illuminates how the acts of women - /loving...
In necessary kindling anjail ahmad explores the abundant source of generations of women before her. She also recalls African Americans' laden history ...
When Let Me Lie was first published in 1947, most reviewers missed the double meaning of the book's title. Deaf to James Branch Cabell's many-layered ironic wit, they read the book as a paean to the old South.
Readers of this new paperback edition are unlikely to repeat the mistake. Let Me Lie is indeed a carefully researched and brilliantly written historical narrative of Virginia from 1559 to 1946--focusing on Tidewater, Richmond, and the Northern Neck--but as a fictional scholar remarks in the book, Cabell's history is -both accurate and injudicious.- Virginia's...
When Let Me Lie was first published in 1947, most reviewers missed the double meaning of the book's title. Deaf to James Branch Cabell's man...
