Tag: Blackwomenread
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Why The Literary Cannon Needs To Be Changed
The Literary Cannon is No Longer Accessible When I think of the public education system I think of a couple of things. 1)I think about how many people hate reading. 2)I think about how many people might’ve loved reading, if it weren’t for school. The irony, right? English classes, from elementary school to middle school, […]
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs Book Review
Slave narratives. They should become a must read. Honestly, as a young black women, there is nothing more harrowing than reading a slave narrative. At the same time, there is nothing more empowering. The writings of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl paints a lucid image of what life might have been like […]