SuperHussy

luvdlux sent me a very nice message and we have some interesting commonalities.

I was introduced to her work when I was a student at a summer program at Cornell University. I was 15. Since then, I have read and re-read many of books and short story collections. I love her fiction, but I really enjoy her work that is based on African American and West Indian folklore. Its vivid and lyrical prose illustrates the interconnection between those of us in the black diaspora, as well as our connection to Africa.

He is an amazing artist. I saw him in concert this past spring. I cannot truly put into words the beauty of his performance. He sang, he rhymed, he mixed it up and put it into a blender. He had an 8 piece brass band, three saxophonists, a drummer, dj, keyboardist and two bass players. I have never seen a show like it and probably ever will again.

I had an epiphany. Well, more like a long epiphany or series of tiny epiphanies. I realized that I am much more than I give myself credit for. I realized that I can do/be all that I want and I realized that it is time for me to make some serious changes in my life.

She has helped streamline my life. Using her books, I have been able to provide my family and friends with quick and tasty meals.

She’s a real person who understands real life and is someone who I can really relate to.

Her magazine is great too!

Spiritually and culturally, Paul Robeson still lives on in those in comunities of color who seek to tell the truth no matter what the consequences and who use their God given talents for the progression and growth of their people.

He exists in the young poets of Urban word who speak to today’s youth. He exits in Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Queen GodIs and Jill Scott, Common…to name a few.

I hope that one day I can personify what Paul Robeson stood for.

She would NEVER remember this, but I met her back in the day when rap concerts were fun and she was truly the afrocentric queen of rap! She was on a bill which included Big Daddy Kane and a few others at the War Memorial in my hometown. I won backstage passes/tickets from the radio station and have the pics to prove it.

She was so warm and inviting and seemed really wise for her age, which is only 5 or so years older than me, but back then a 20 year old was a serious adult to a 15 year old.

I have enjoyed her from “Ladies First,” to “Living Single,” to “Chicago” and beyond. She is an amazingly alented young woman.

It was brief, but my husband (before he was my husband) and I went to see “Top Dog/Under Dog” on B’way with Mos Def and Jeffrey Wright. I looked up and who was standing there, Toni Morrison.

I called my mother and tried not to freak out. After I calmed down, I went up to her, thanked her for her work, and shook her hand.

BTW: she was waiting for Sonia Sanchez. They sat together a couple of rows in front of us.

My mother claims that Toni Morrison is the reason she taught me to read. She is an amazing woman and writer—her novels have really made an impact on my life and so has her non-fiction.