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notreallyelaine
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But in 1957, feminism and lesbianism were not necessarily and not frequently understood as being at all connected. That Lorraine made them so was a sign of her holistic approach to exploring her place in the world, and the world itself.

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Montage of a Dream Deferred | Langston Hughes
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In honor of Mr. Sidney Poitier‘s life and his realistic portrayal of a man with “deferred dreams” in A Raisin in the Sun, here is the poem titled Harlem by Langston Hughes. #sidneypoitier #lorrainehansberry #langstonhughes

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CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian
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I never seem to enjoy the genre of biography as much as I think I'm going to (I've realized memoir and autobiography both appeal to me more for whatever reason). But I quite liked this, at least as much as I have other biographies of historical #LGBTQ people. I knew very little of her going into this and thought Lorraine was a complex, fascinating artist who fought against many different forms of social injustice from the 40s - early 60s.

SW-T She was a fascinating woman. 5y
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suzisteffen
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It feels right to have finished this audiobook on the anniversary of the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I‘ve been crying nonstop in the car during the commute (I have about 40 minutes to look calmer before I teach, whew). Nina Simone sang at her funeral, Ruby Dee spoke, James Foreman spoke. I would like to know more about her partner and that partner‘s subsequent life. I loved this book. I‘m crushed and also inspired. 💔❤️

Theaelizabet There‘s also another biography about her coming out later this year, or so I‘ve read. I‘m fascinated by her. 5y
suzisteffen @Theaelizabet Yes! They apparently just opened up her papers a few years ago. SO much to learn. 5y
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suzisteffen

For my Littens who are queer or interested in queer artistic life, and to those who had a hard time with the beginning of this book, you might want to skip directly to Chapter 5. I didn‘t know so much of this info! Wow. One thing I learned was that Lorraine Hansberry was partners with Molly Malone Cook, who afterwards met and stayed with poet Mary Oliver for the rest of her life. Oh, that Lorraine had lived. 😭😭😭🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

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Reviewsbylola
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#wearethechampions

The PEN 2019 winners were announced last month. I haven‘t read any of the winning books. 🤷🏼‍♀️

#marchintothe70s

GripLitGrl Well played👍 5y
Cinfhen Nice!! So many literary awards 5y
Megabooks I have Friday Black checked out, but I haven‘t started it. 5y
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suzisteffen
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#HelloThursday! Thanks for doing this, @wanderinglynn !
? I love any genre that is intersectional & feminist.
??Cherríe Moraga ???
??? Hmmmm. Maybe ... The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
???? Self-help or inspirational ?
????? Tagged! (I‘m listening to it. ??)

wanderinglynn Thanks for playing! 📚 5y
fleeting I love that book so much! 5y
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fleeting Especially ever since I went into medical anthropology! 5y
suzisteffen @fleeting oooh YES! I love it as a person with a literary nonfiction degree. 😉 I love how she makes you sympathize with first one POV and then another and then ANOTHER. I know that if I reread it, I‘ll see some serious racism (aside from what is there in the medical professionals), so I‘m nervous, but I guess I should do it anyway! 5y
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suzisteffen
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About Lorraine Hansberry, before Raisin in the Sun (before she was a playwright at all): “Even when she felt hopeless, a Melvillian glimmer of the possibility persisted. In her writer‘s disposition, one can feel Melville‘s words, ‘Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts gathers her most vital hope.‘”

It‘s glorious in an odd way to hear about Lorraine Hansberry‘s despair—and determination. #writing! Is hard.

Weaponxgirl I need to find this in print now. I really want to try it again in that format 5y
suzisteffen @Weaponxgirl The first couple of hours were harder to get through but man, we are getting into the real stuff now. 5y
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suzisteffen
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I got to see The Sign in Sidney Brustein‘s Window a few years ago at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and to interview dramaturg Lue Douthit about it too. The research I did for my article means that I‘m extra interested in this mannered book. I also enjoy the voice of narrator Lisa Gay Hamilton - especially at 1.25x - but I understand those who are frustrated! Best snippet: Lorraine got a D in #theatre in high school! #history

Theaelizabet Jealous (but glad;))that you got to see that production of “Sidney.” This book is on my list. Isn‘t there another bio coming out this year? 5y
suzisteffen @Theaelizabet I always wish OSF would sell digital or physical access to broadcast versions of the plays, like, say two years later so people are like “I WISH I HAD GONE” and BOOM! IIRC Sidney is slow, *BUT* I would‘ve understood and liked it better had I known just how autobiographical it was! 5y
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Weaponxgirl
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This just isn‘t work. For me as an audiobook. I find audiobooks hard to follow sometimes and this one just isn‘t clicking for me for some reason.
I‘d like to try this in print form again sometimes. Does anyone else distinguish between dnf and bailed in their head? For me a dnf is now isn‘t the right time and I would like to try again sometime whereas a bail is a nope I‘m putting this down and I fully intend to never pick this up again.

Weaponxgirl Any audiobook recommendations would be appreciated greatly right now. I‘m trying to add them to my rotation a bit more. 5y
rockpools Yes, definitely. ‘Not right now‘ books sneak back onto my tbr lists, but bails are pretty much ‘never again‘s. 5y
Weaponxgirl @RachelO I‘m glad it‘s not just me then. I have stacks of books I look at going I‘m not ready to give you up yet but I‘m also not ready to give you a try again just now either. 5y
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NatalieR I categorize dnf and bail the same way. I read more audiobooks than physical books and sometimes audiobooks don‘t work for me. I then have to try print at another time. 5y
Weaponxgirl @NatalieR I‘ve been trying to get into more audiobooks but I often have a switch off point with them when I realise I haven‘t been paying attention at all. 5y
suzisteffen Oh my gosh how are we reading such similar things at similar times?! I‘m sad to hear it isn‘t working as an audiobook because that‘s next up on my Libro.fm list. Sorry it‘s not working! 5y
NatalieR @Weaponxgirl I‘m learning to move to the next book when I realize I‘m not paying attention. Sometimes I try to force myself to pay attention and that takes the fun out of it. 5y
Weaponxgirl @suzisteffen I can‘t even tell you what it is about it that isn‘t working tbh. I‘m just going to say we both have good taste in books? 😉😝 5y
Weaponxgirl @NatalieR I may have to make that my strategy from now on. I‘m getting slightly annoyed with myself for bailing on audiobooks about half way through though. Why won‘t one stick?! 5y
NatalieR @Weaponxgirl I didn‘t think I could listen to audiobooks for a long time. Didn‘t think I could focus. I used to listen to podcasts during my commute. One day I decided to try an audiobook and it worked for me. Not all of the time of course. I‘m not sure if podcasts trained my brain or what. Be patient with yourself. Don‘t feel bad about moving to the next book when you‘re struggling. Remember, it‘s meant to be fun! 🤓 5y
suzisteffen @Weaponxgirl obviously! One way I get through audiobooks, ESPECIALLY nonfiction, is go 1.5-2x the speed of the reader. Nonfiction audiobook readers can be suuuuper ponderous. I started this strategy with the Hamilton book - 37 hours of listening taken down to about 25! Still huge but doable, especially while I was weeding the garden. 😂 (edited) 5y
Weaponxgirl @NatalieR I‘ve had a few I just loved! I‘ll keep at it. 5y
Weaponxgirl @suzisteffen I‘ve heard people suggest that before, I will have to give it a try 5y
SW-T I can listen to a podcast (Alice Isn‘t Dead) but with audiobooks if I don‘t like the narrator I tune out. I did enjoy listening to the Agatha Raisin and Precious Ramotswe audiobooks. 5y
BiblioLitten If I bail/Dnf on an ebook, then I tend to go back to it in print. But if I bail on print, I‘m never checking it out again. 5y
Weaponxgirl @SW-T fiction is one I find even harder but I‘ve heard such good things about Agatha raisin! 5y
Weaponxgirl @BiblioLitten I‘m pretty much the same. The only exception for me is if it is a dialect thing, if it‘s not flowing in my head correctly I will give it a try on audio instead. 5y
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