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Tag: American women writers

October 23, 2013October 23, 2013 Kinna

Nikki Giovanni talks beer, reads ‘Quilts’ in Accra

April 19, 2012June 15, 2013 Kinna

“blessing the boats” by Lucille Clifton

April 18, 2012 Kinna

“Grown Up” by Edna St. Vincent Millay

October 22, 2011June 15, 2013 Kinna

“There is no Frigate like a Book” – Emily Dickinson

May 3, 2011 Kinna

21 Days/21 Poems: wishes for sons by Lucille Clifton

April 22, 2011May 5, 2011 Kinna

21 Days/21 Poems: This Was Once a Love Poem by Jane Hirshfield

March 24, 2011June 2, 2013 Kinna

Poem #46: Persephone, Falling by Rita Dove

January 8, 2011June 2, 2013 Kinna

Reading List: Selected Contemporary American Women Writers

July 28, 2010June 15, 2013 Kinna

Poem #27: Mothers by Nikki Giovanni

April 7, 2010June 2, 2013 Kinna

Poem #4: I, Being Born a Woman and Distressed by Edna St. Vincent Millay

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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