Re: OT: trauma, silence and Maya Angelou

["Red Willow" <reddwillow@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

my memory is for shit...
maya angelou came to the university i went to back in 97 or 98 and WOW... 
she read poetry, talked about her childhood (see... you'd think i could 
remember stuff like that... but no, i was thinking, okay either its her who 
went through that or i'm only thinking its her and i'm a dufus) if you ever 
get a chance to go to one of her lectures or readings DO IT... it is SO 
worth it....
the same can be said for Alice Walker, btw, who i saw that same year.... now 
if i had only been able to see Allen Ginsberg before he died i would be 
set...

not that any of what i just said mattered.... but *shrug*
RW


> From: danspector@xxxxxxxxx
> Reply-To: buffywantswillow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: buffywantswillow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: ::BuffyWantsWillow:: OT: trauma, silence and Maya Angelou
> Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 19:04:29 -0700 (PDT)
>
> Yes, RW is right, Maya Angelou remained silent for several years after
> her childhood rape. The events form part of the subject of her
> best-selling book "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings".
>
> At the bottom of this page is a link to an article on Ms. Angelou
> discussing this and other topics during a university address earlier
> this year.
>
> Dan
>
> http://www.uncp.edu/news/2002/maya_angelou_2.htm




"What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound
anguish in his heart but whose lips are so formed that
as sighs and cries pass over them they sound like
beautiful music"
-Soren Kierkegaard

Willow: Oh Buffy, you really need to have every square inch of your ass 
kicked.
Buffy: Then show me what you got, and I'll show you what a Slayer really is.

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