‘Putting a Spell on Readers’
In honor and cerebration of Women’s History Month this post…hence my heading…was inspired by ‘The Autobiography of Nina Simone—i put a Spell on you,’ with Stephen Cleary. (Thoughts on the book here ). Once upon a time it bothered me hearing book and reading influencers…such as teachers… referring to some writing as real literature, and other written work junk…or trash. If you weren’t reading non-fiction thick in pages on topics akin to business, technology, medicine, science and the likes, or fiction written by touted authors, you likely were reading in closets and certainly telling no one what you were reading. Hand raised, I kept my reading penchants to myself—period…and not due to shame. Had I discovered memoirs back then my reading habits would’ve been exactly as today. All non-fiction! Talking about books, a seemingly elite sport altogether, was of no interest to anyone I knew… teachers included. This being the case is what later solicited my attention when hearing some...
