Lover of Lyrical Beauty!

Name (no nicknames please)

Angela Reid

When did you fall in love with reading?

While in my mother's womb--she read to me as she carried me.

My favorite place to read or write is...

Any place where I can take a book.

What is your favorite word and why?

language

I dwell in

a world of lyrical beauty.

My favorite writers are

Any who tell our stories well.

My favorite books are

"Mama Day" by Gloria Naylor
"Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
"Standing at the Scratch Line" by Guy Johnson
"Bruised Hibiscus" by Elizabeth Nunez
"Seasons of Beento Blackbird" by Akosua Busia
"The Cookie Cutter" by Sterling Anthony
"In My Father's House" by Ernest Gaines
"Douglass' Women" by Jewell Parker-Rhodes
"Slave" by Mende Nazir
"Better Than I Know Myself" by DeBerry and Grant
"The Hand I Fan With" by Tina McElroy Ansa
"Ms. Etta's Fast House" by Victor McGlothin
"Like Water for Chocolate" by Laura Esquivel
"Whirlwind" by James Clavell
"Company Man" by Brent Wade
"Another Good Loving Blues" by Arthur Flowers

Website:

http://colormepurpleservices.vpweb.com/

My favorite story to tell is

Why I became a teacher--my fourth grade teacher in a segregated school in Lawton, Oklahoma refused to allow us to fail and, in fact expected or demanded that we do our best.

I am a(n)

Avid reader