What I am reading

"Frankly, from the way I have been treated by the so-called 'civilized' people in my life, I rather look forward to residency among the savages."


















"Perhaps because she has lived with such intolerance and prejudice for most of her life, the unflappable Phemie knew just how to react to it; she began to sing one of her "freedom songs," as she calls them. Her rich, melodic voice rose above the ugly epithets, covered and finally silenced them..."

SOM 7/7/11