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Lori’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Lori’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Lori Johnson
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Born
Memphis, TN, The United States
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Toni Cade Bambara
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September 2008
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https://www.goodreads.com/lorijohnson
A RAP SO DEEP IN BLUE
This is a slightly revised post that I shared on Facebook last week. It is an update of sorts on an essay of mine that was published not long ago.
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In my last published piece “Hair Care Chronicles” (Forge Literary Magazine / April 7, 2025), I reflect on the disappearance of two of my hairstylists, one of whom was murdered. In the piece, I mention not remembering how the murdered woman was
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A Natural Woman
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2009
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After the Dance
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2008
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12 editions
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“Dear Samson,
I put your hair in a jar by the pear tree near the well. I been thinkin’ over what I done and I still don’t think God gave you all that strength for you to kill my people. Love — Delilah” Carole C. Gregory |
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"I have but a single word. "DAMN." The story sounded so fictional at first until I was talking to a friend who asked what it was about. When I proceeded to tell her, the response was "Yeah. That's sounds familiar." And I realized that not only did it "
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Topics Mentioning This Author
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| The Write Vision: * Authors in the group | 92 | 32 | Aug 09, 2010 07:02AM | |
| Goodreads Authors...: * Open Author Interviews | 443 | 4247 | Aug 11, 2025 05:17AM |
“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
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“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
― I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World
― I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World
“As for literary criticism in general: I have long felt that any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel or a play or a poem is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae or a banana split.”
― Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage
― Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage
“The tragedy of Tupac is that his untimely passing is representative of too many young black men in this country....If we had lost Oprah Winfrey at 25, we would have lost a relatively unknown, local market TV anchorwoman. If we had lost Malcolm X at 25, we would have lost a hustler named Detroit Red. And if I had left the world at 25, we would have lost a big-band trumpet player and aspiring composer--just a sliver of my eventual life potential.”
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“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
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Lawrence
Jun 11, 2012 02:10PM
Thank you for accepting my friendship into your circle of friends.
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Great! I hope you enjoy it. Either way it goes though, please feel free to share your thoughts with me about it when you're done . . .Lori
i'm on a waiting list to get Natural Woman. i can't wait to read it.
