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Category: Women Writers of African Diaspora

June 6, 2018July 19, 2018 Kinna

Short Reviews of a Kang, a Clemmons and a Manyika

April 23, 2018April 24, 2018 Kinna

“Oughta Be A Woman” by June Jordan #PoetryMonth

April 11, 2018April 12, 2018 Kinna

“Who Said It Was Simple” by Audre Lorde #PoetryMonth

April 8, 2018April 9, 2018 Kinna

“May This be a House of Joy” by Lucille Clifton #PoetryMonth

April 4, 2018April 5, 2018 Kinna

“Song of Winnie” by Gwendolyn Brooks #PoetryMonth

April 3, 2018April 5, 2018 Kinna

From “Winnie” by Gwendolyn Brooks as we begin April is #PoetryMonth

April 26, 2017 Kinna

“II ii – I have to think about what it means to be here…” by Dionne Brand

April 18, 2017April 18, 2017 Kinna

“There Are No Honest Poems About Dead Women” by Audre Lorde

March 8, 2017March 9, 2017 Kinna

For #InternationalWomensDay: “On Reading Jackie Kay” by Ama Ata Aidoo

November 17, 2015November 17, 2015 Kinna

“Power” by Audre Lorde

October 22, 2015 Kinna

“Now” by Audre Lorde

October 20, 2015October 29, 2015 Kinna

Mr. Loverman, by Bernardine Evaristo

October 14, 2015October 10, 2015 Kinna

“the lost women” by Lucille Clifton

May 6, 2015May 26, 2015 Kinna

10 Poetry Books To Add To Your Reading List

April 26, 2015May 24, 2015 Kinna

From “You are in the dark, in the car…” by Claudia Rankine

April 20, 2015May 24, 2015 Kinna

“Some of My Worst Wounds” by Lorna Goodison

April 15, 2015May 24, 2015 Kinna

“Since you” by Dionne Brand

April 11, 2015May 24, 2015 Kinna

“here rests” by Lucille Clifton

October 10, 2014June 9, 2015 Kinna

Additions to the Stack from The Book Trust

September 3, 2014June 9, 2015 Kinna

“1994” by Lucille Clifton

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Kinna

Lifelong reader. I read mostly fiction. I enjoy world literature. I’m partial to women writers, especially African women writers. Here, you'll find commentary on novels, short stories and poems. In Accra, Ghana. Contact me at kinnareads at gmail dot com. Host of Africa Reading Challenge.

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