How The Color Purple Raised Me ELLE 1/25/2021
The first time I read
The Color Purple, I was fifteen years old and spending the summer in Boston with my dad, preparing to apply for early decision to the University of Pennsylvania. I had just been let go from my part-time canvassing gig at an environmental law center because my boss realized that I was too young to be knocking on people’s doors well past dusk. Since it was too late for me to pick up another summer job, I ended up answering phones, sorting mail, and volunteering at the local NAACP office.
The first time I read
The Color Purple, I was fifteen years old and spending the summer in Boston with my dad, preparing to apply for early decision to the University of Pennsylvania. I had just been let go from my part-time canvassing gig at an environmental law center because my boss realized that I was too young to be knocking on people’s doors well past dusk. Since it was too late for me to pick up another summer job, I ended up answering phones, sorting mail, and volunteering at the local NAACP office.
During my breaks I’d pick up the latest of the weekly books that my cousin’s tall, light-brown-skinned girlfriend, Nicole, gave me to read. She was only two years older than I was but already an English major at Penn herself, and sensing that I was on the verge of an identity crisis, she felt obligated to help me build up my armor of African American literature. In turn, three books in particular determined my fate: Alex Haley’s
A driver has been forced to abandon their car which is now stranded in water after heavy flooding. Pictures of Southend Road, near Fobbing, have shown how a large section of the road is submerged in water. Police have closed both ends of the road at the Murco petrol garage and Eastern Garages, only allowing a select number of vehicles through. Rachel Walker, who has lived along the road for 20 years, said: The road has never been so quiet, I did wonder why barely any cars had gone past our house this morning. I drove down the end to have a look at what was happening and saw a car was stranded in the water, I just hope the driver is okay.
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Celtic Connections is going online a week today - for a 19 day festival By Louise Glen
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Updated: 10:19, 08 January 2021
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The Celtic Connections online festival will begin one week today.
Across 19 days, the festival will present over 30 online performances between Friday January 15 and Tuesday February 2 2021.
St Lukes. Picture: Gaelle Beri
World class concerts will be available to view online with some of the biggest names on the Scottish music scene and beyond appearing on screens across the world as part of the winter festival.