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...fact, the title essay. In Scarch of Our Mothers' Gardens, is arguably the best work of the collection. It is a lyrical paean to maternal ancestry, a tribute to the Black women who suffered and died and were enslaved in this country and elsewhere, women who stifled their formidable creativity in order not to lose their minds. In it, she captures the mystical, earthy qualities of mother-hood and spiritual creativity, two of her central themes. She recounts the poet Jean Toomer's discovery in the South of the 1920's women: whose spirituality was so intense, so deep...
...alongside his religious education. While attending the Holy Innocents, he embarked on a fourteen page epic about Christ: "Since my experience was ended at twelve, I couldn't picture anyone older than twelve--so I had him commit suicide." Such is Alfred's marvelous compound of a serious scarch for answers in life and an equally acute eye for the comical. "I remember a bobby soxer walked into Briggs and Briggs one day and asked for Dylan Thomas' recording of all the useless Christmas presents he received." Alfred thrusts his upper teeth out on his lip and puffs, and hisses...
...letter came Thursday from a Radcliffe girl called Anabel Handy who was angry about a review of Signature that had appeared on this page the day before. That review was written by me; and after due consideration of her letter, a profound scarch of my own soul, and deep thought about the nature of the universe, I have decided that there is but one course for a man of conscience and honesty to take. But being what I am, I can't face asking Miss Handy to take over my job starting Monday morning at 9 o'clock. Instead...
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