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July 2012 Blog Posts (3)

Zahrah the Windseeker and Author Nnedi Okorafor

I recently saw an interview with this author and the synopsis of this book "Zahrah the Windseeker" reminds me of Octavia Butler. Unfortunately a search in the Memphis public Library shows that this title is not in their collections but, a brief synopsis is that the main character is born "Dada" (has locks) and is shunned in her society, which exists on a jungle planet with technology made out of plants. One day she realizes she can levitate and...the story continues...

Added by Jay Anderson on July 8, 2012 at 12:09am — No Comments

The God Memorandum from The Greatest Miracle in the World by OG Mandino

THE GOD MEMORANDUM

To: You

From: God

Take counsel.

I hear your cry.

It passes through the darkness, filters through the clouds, mingles with starlight, and finds its way to my heart on the path of a sunbeam.

I have anguished over the cry of a hare choked in the noose of a snare, a sparrow tumbled from the nest of its mother, a child trashing helplessly in a pond, and a son shedding his blood on a cross.

Know that I hear you, also. Be at peace.…

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Added by Nadine on July 7, 2012 at 1:01am — No Comments

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