Member: LheaJLove

Noticed you liked The Bluest Eye, and I was wondering if you'd be interested in reviewing my new novel and posting your comments here as well as a few other book-related sites. Thought you might like my book since it's also southern and a bit dark. I could e-mail you the novel in an e-book format if you'd like (I'm out of physical copies at the moment). Let me know if you're interested. Here's a link to a summary in case you're interested:

http://christophertusa.com/

Thanks,

Chris

posted by cmtusa at 10:27 pm (EST) on Apr 22, 2009

Thank you for this!

posted by readtaledhawk at 10:21 pm (EST) on Oct 13, 2008

Thank you for making me aware of the new anthology focusing on conflicts pertaining to the African-American identity. If time permits, I will be glad to submit something for the editors' consideration.

Aberjhani

posted by Aberjhani at 3:12 pm (EST) on Oct 13, 2008

Hi,

I'm African,specifically Nigerian, but I don't live in the United States so I don't think I'm eligible but it's an interesting idea. I wish you the best of luck.

posted by Timi at 9:25 am (EST) on Oct 13, 2008

Greetings,
I am not of African descent, well at least not in recent terms, I am seriously melanin deprived which leads me to believe my ancestors left Africa a few thousand years ago! Anyway, I will forward your request for essays to my diverse group of recent African descendants. Good luck, I'm sure your book will end up in my library.
peace.
kathy nicholas

posted by empowermentlibrary at 8:04 am (EST) on Oct 8, 2008

Are you a man, woman, teen or child of African descent who has been torn by society’s expectations of race and class? Have you found yourself developing different personalities in the workplace, in the church, in the neighborhood, in the classroom, with your family and with your peers? Are you struggling to find your true self that is comfortable in all settings and situations?

Tresconsciousness, or triple consciousness, is the idea that Blacks in America are always torn between the ideals of three distinct communities: Eurocentric America, the Black upper middle class community and the greater Black community. As an African American develops their personal identity we are striking a balance between each of the three aspects of ourselves.

A new anthology, The Three Minds of Black America: Tresconsciousness and the Twenty-First Century is calling Africans, African-Americans, Blacks, West-Indians, Native Americans and others of African descent to share a personal essay within this collection.

For a sample essay, frequently asked questions, and submissions guideline please visit our website: http://sites.google.com/site/tresconsciousness

Direct questions can be sent to thethreeminds@gmail.com .

The Deadline for Submissions is: June 15, 2009

Please forward widely.

posted by LheaJLove at 10:09 am (EST) on Oct 6, 2008

Maybe one of my three kids in college might be interested excepting the challenge of your essay contest. By the way, is there a prize - who will do the judging - get back with me. Oldude59

posted by Oldude59 at 8:07 pm (EST) on Oct 1, 2008

P.S. Have you looked at Existence in Black by Lewis Gordon? I have it on my wish list having flipped the pages at a bookstore.

Robert

posted by Mr.Durick at 1:20 am (EST) on Sep 24, 2008

Hi, Lhea,

I can tell you a little about my experience with graduate school.

I test smart, but my undergraduate grades were not very good. At the state university near my home then I was able to take classes as an unclassified graduate student; in other words I filled a seat at full tuition that otherwise would not be filled. My grades there were good. I took several linguistics courses and got A's in them. Then I applied for the Masters program in linguistics; the department convinced the college to overlook my undergraduate grades.

I'm not a scholar; I just don't get it. I left after a few years with good grades but more and more incompletes.

I read philosophy and a little about academia. From your library, a good sized library less than one per cent in philosophy, and the individual books, I'm guessing you don't want a graduate education in philosophy. Epistomology, logic, ethics are not so much about the good life as the great philosophers were. Existentialism is not generally taken seriously.

As a graduate student you have to take a lot of courses in the department and won't have much time to take courses outside the department. I snuck in a probability course when my academic adviser's back was turned.

You do have books on creative writing. You might try writing and get something published, then go look for an MFA program. You also have books on politics; you might want to get into journalism.

In any case, you have my best wishes in doing well what you enjoy.

Robert

posted by Mr.Durick at 1:14 am (EST) on Sep 24, 2008

Hey, there:

I like your website and your vibe. My brother is also a spoken word artist, poet and entrepreneur in Atlanta, GA. You should look him up -- Chris "Cocktails" Cornell. I think you two could do some work together -- he is always looking for networking connections with other poets.
http://www.myspace.com/cocktailscommentary
http://blog.myspace.com/atlantalowdown

posted by harambeegirl at 11:30 pm (EST) on Mar 16, 2008

Hi! saw your comment about authors... I love Nikki Giovanni, too, and had the pleasure of spending a year of college with her. She was a guest instructor where I spent my freshman year. My kids love "Genie in a Jar" and "Sacred Cows and other Edibles" was funny and to the point. I just finished reading "Middlesex" and it is one of my favorite books. :-D

posted by thekoolaidmom at 8:05 pm (EST) on Mar 12, 2008

Hello,

I recently joined the All Books Africa Group. As a publisher who has just released a novel about the Angolan Civil War, I thought it might be worth bringing to your attention. Ondjaki's Good morning Comrades has just been released (indeed, i'm not sure amazon has changed it status yet). Ondjaki is a Lusophone writer of international reputation, and our edition of Good morning Comrades introduces him to an English speaking audience for the first time. It will not be the last: Aflame Books in the UK is set to release his fable The Whistler, and I know New Directions is also looking at publishing something by him soon. We expect he will become one of the most celebrated African novelists of his generation.

Anyway, if you would like further information on Comrades, you can chcekc out our website at www.biblioasis.com. It is also available online on amazon and elsewhere, and available through any good bookstore.

Thansk for your time, and I do hope that this was not too intrusive. (We're a small literary press based in Canada, and we're just trying to do whatever we can to let potential readers know about the book.

Best wishes,

Dan Wells

posted by biblioasis at 9:50 pm (EST) on Feb 29, 2008

LOL thanks. Sorry it took so long to reply. My computer tore up and I have only now received it back. The upside is that I have read lots and lots of books. Now All I have to do is add them and write my reviews.

posted by purplemoonstar at 8:44 pm (EST) on Jan 8, 2008

I don't know about you, but when I saw "Atonement" I really didn't feel like they cut out anything crucial from the book. Also I loved the typewriter inspired music for Briony.

posted by bookworm12 at 12:29 pm (EST) on Dec 31, 2007

You have an interesting taste in African work. Check this new book "Lovely Poems for Keeps".

You will love it. Available through Amazon.

posted by poemsforkeeps at 12:22 am (EST) on Dec 25, 2007

Thanks for the welcome, it looks like a lovely group!

posted by bdevil4 at 9:37 pm (EST) on Dec 23, 2007

Thank you! I hope to join in on discussions soon, I've got finals this week though :). Glad there is a group for this, I'm excited to hear about some good books! Have a good day! :)

posted by andrea_21 at 2:07 pm (EST) on Dec 18, 2007

Hey,
Thanks for the welcome. I love you book collection. I look forward to some conversations about books and reading in general.

posted by TrishNYC at 6:57 pm (EST) on Dec 17, 2007

Well thank you right back for having me! I'm glad to have a younger crowd to discuss 'youngin' topics with. Although, I've only got 3 years left to qualify for the group :D Then I'll have to move to an older group, Le Sigh...

posted by lrmaggie at 3:04 pm (EST) on Dec 15, 2007

My pleasure! Thank you for creating it! Although, I've been spending more time hanging around the discussions than studying for finals... :)

posted by Luv2danse9 at 9:50 pm (EST) on Dec 14, 2007

I'm glad to hear it. Fortunately, it appears that we both spend far too much time on LT, so there's little doubt that we will continue to cross paths with some frequency!

Peace.

PS - don't hesitate to stir things up in Pro and Con if you feel like politicking. At our partisan/agenda-laden worst, we can make for one unsavory crowd, but, every now and then, things do get interesting...

posted by BGP at 3:28 am (EST) on Dec 13, 2007

I've never read the Boondock comics which I see you have. I love the show though... I was watching the christmas episode last night and it never fails to make me laugh....

The Kite Runner is a very good read... I had to read it and Tuesdays With Morrie in my English class.

Lolita is a great novel. I LOVE Nabokov.

I bought Love in the Time of Cholera a few eeks ago. Have yet to read it. Have to get around to reading "Notes from the Underground" as well.

posted by poetontheone at 8:26 pm (EST) on Dec 12, 2007

I joined. Thanks for the invite. Looks like a good time. =)

As for my spiritual background I've studied and embraced many paths over the years... Paganism, Rastafari, Buddhism.... I am ever the student, for that is the way to the door.

Best Wishes.

posted by poetontheone at 1:13 pm (EST) on Dec 12, 2007

You're welcome LheaJLove. I plan on joining in on the discussions soon, but I have finals over the next couple of days.

posted by redwood5 at 11:53 am (EST) on Dec 12, 2007

Thank you for this invite. Is there something of a black existentialist tradition? I've seen "Invisible Man" extracted in anthologies but that's the limit of my knowledge there.

posted by Benjaminista at 9:29 pm (EST) on Dec 11, 2007

Well, I'm glad to see that someone enjoyed it! I've done my best to win the Pro and Con crowd over, but the lion's share of the left-of-center members have come out as either genuine or reluctant Clintonistas.

Politically, I am further to the left of Obama, but there is little doubt in my mind that he: is the most genuine candidate; is a committed progressive (a view based particularly on his record of reform in the Illinois State Senate); is interested in pursuing practicable incremental change (particularly on the issue of trade), as opposed to fighting a losing battle in the name of immediate radical reform; is in favor of a bolder form of diplomacy (e.g., he is willing to engage our more hostile sovereign opponents); is unafraid to identify the fact that our real enemies have made a home for themselves on the anarchic western boarder of Pakistan, and that they must be pursued; is free of the baggage of the American New Left (of the 60's and 70's), and is therefore free to work with all left-of-center factions (from the neoliberals in the center to the greens to the genuine democratic left); and, of course, is a very electable candidate.

I take issue with his health care policy, but, as there is no reason to believe that he will have enough Democratic votes in the House and Senate to push through a truly progressive system, it is a difference that I can live with...

BTW, the HTML for my Obama logo (and quite a few other Obama badges/logos, to boot) can be found at http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/downloads if you would like to make use of one of them.

Peace,
Ben

PS I had to repost this a couple of times to fix the link, but it should now work...

posted by BGP at 9:14 pm (EST) on Dec 10, 2007

thanks for the welcome. what a great idea!

and by the way, your website is amazing - great content and i'm also a fan of aaron mcgruder! i'll be back for sure.

cheers,
mary

posted by aznstarlette at 6:50 pm (EST) on Dec 10, 2007

Thanks for welcoming me to the 20-somethings group. Nice idea for a group! Do you kick people out when they turn 30? :)

posted by turbosaab at 4:14 pm (EST) on Dec 10, 2007

Thanks for having me! Lots of the heavy Talk users are a bit older so it's fun to have a group for my contemporaries.

Nicole

posted by nperrin at 4:06 pm (EST) on Dec 10, 2007

Hey thanks :)
And thanks for creating the group, it fills a good niche on LT, I think.

Just browsing through your library, what a superb review you did of Dyson's Know What I Mean? It's been on my list for rather a while now, but you've renewed my determination to get my hands on a copy sooner rather than later.

Cheers,
Dani

posted by philosojerk at 10:03 pm (EST) on Dec 9, 2007

You're welcome! Thanks for the comment. =)

posted by littlebookworm at 6:29 pm (EST) on Dec 9, 2007

You're welcome! My pleasure :-)

posted by wisewoman at 4:19 pm (EST) on Dec 9, 2007

LheaJLove,
I saw your group, 20-something, and thought it was a great idea. I am going to do a 40 something group and was wondering if I could borrow some of your words that you used in your group description.
Thanks,
MDLady

posted by MDLady at 1:36 pm (EST) on Dec 6, 2007

Thanks and you're welcome!

posted by frogbelly at 11:57 pm (EST) on Dec 4, 2007

hey you are welcome.

posted by anewheart0910 at 8:46 pm (EST) on Dec 4, 2007

LheaJLove, thanks for viewing my Library and adding me to your interesting libraries list. "Middlesex" by Eugenedes has been on my "Book Want List" for some time. However, I didn't know he is a Native Detroiter. I visit the New Jersey/New York area at least once a year. My sister attends Rutgers and freelances video productions and many other media venues there. So, on one of my visits, perhaps we can meet in a bookshop and talk books over a cup of java.

I will be checking out your library to see what goodies you have.

Smiles,
Donna

posted by altima313 at 8:14 am (EST) on Nov 30, 2007

Hi,
I didn't care for the "Cotillion" that much. I don't think its his best.Your professor knows better than I his influence back in the day.

Nzingha

posted by Nzingha at 12:45 am (EST) on Nov 29, 2007

sista:

i appreciate your words and feel the same about your library. i've been checking out your blog for a while now.... ireally need to update my subscription because i have so many more books to add. great blog, great books.

peace,
cyntreia

posted by cyntreia at 3:37 pm (EST) on Nov 28, 2007

Hi LheaJLove,
I lived in various parts of NYC for sixty years now I'm here in the rural South. I was just there the end of october to see the musical "The Color Purple". I hope you are taking advantage of all New york has to offer.
I do have some favorite books read quite some time ago.
"SRO" by Robert Dean Pharr its about single room occupancy in NYC upper west side. During this time I was working in the welfare dept of NYC sending people to these very places.
John O. Killens "Youngblood" Mr. Killens was the guru for so many writers with his writers group. His influence has been everlasting.
Ernest Gaines "the auto of Miss Jane Pittman and every other novel he wrote.
Bradley David "The chaneyville Incident" I don't think he wrote anything else but I enjoyed the book very much.
S.F. Octavia E. Butler "Fledgling which is her last book but really anything else.
Nzingha

posted by Nzingha at 3:00 pm (EST) on Nov 28, 2007

Lhea,

I'm really enjoying your blog!

posted by john_sunseri at 4:19 am (EST) on Nov 27, 2007

Hi Lhea,

Thanks for the nice comment. You've got a great library for exploring! I added it to my Interesting list. I used to live in NYC for awhile, around 156th and Broadway. I sometimes miss The City, but I love it here in Oakland too.

Take care,

Leah

PS--It's cool that our names are anagrams of each other. They're also anagrams of "heal" and the Hebrew phrase "ha-El" ("of G-d").

posted by Leah.Hannah at 2:45 am (EST) on Nov 27, 2007

Thanks for the comment! I'm glad you liked it.

posted by jimweatherall at 9:21 am (EST) on Oct 6, 2006

Thanks for your comment. I love my library and I'm still hard at work adding books and trying to tag them all. I've been collecting since I was about seven. I'll take a look at yours once I get a free moment.

Best,

Gina

posted by ginaruiz at 11:38 am (EST) on Sep 4, 2006

Hi sista, thanks for stopping my blog. Looking forward to checking out your library here. I was trying to read the post on your blackbookshelf blog but for some reason only the side columns are downloading. The actual posts themselves are not. I tried to download them both in Firefox and Safari. Would like to keep in touch with you. Take care.

posted by Bakari at 1:07 pm (EST) on Jul 5, 2006