Hello my lovely readers! Another day, another book. Let's get into it.
SYNOPSIS
One Sunday afternoon in February 1977, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Ntozake Shange, and several other Black women writers met at June Jordan's Brooklyn apartment to eat gumbo, drink champagne, and talk about their work. Calling themselves "The Sisterhood," the group--which also came to include Audre Lorde, Paule Marshall, Margo Jefferson, and others--would get together once a month over the next two years, creating a vital space for Black women to discuss literature and liberation.
MY THOUGHTS
I immensely enjoyed this book. As a Black female writer, of course I know these writers and their work and feel deeply connected to them. Discovering that they had an actual bond was a joy! It's not lost on me the misogynoir they faced during their era, but it makes their success that much more important in my opinion.
This was a kick in the pants for me to continue to live authentically as a Black female writer and finish my novel!
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