YES. Sethe did the right thing. I’ve always appreciated how she released her child. Nuance of using her limited autonomy to free her child considering the horror of life for an enslaved Black woman is poignant. The brutality, rape, experimentation, murder of Black women during slavery with absolutely no relief in sight makes for a decision like that. WHEW, indeed.
I had no idea of this collection! Time to add to my Prince and Toni collections IMMEDIATELY.
Thanks for sharing! I just ordered a copy to add to my Toni Morrison collection.
So true and yet easy answers are often not the ones we want.
YES. Sethe did the right thing. I’ve always appreciated how she released her child. Nuance of using her limited autonomy to free her child considering the horror of life for an enslaved Black woman is poignant. The brutality, rape, experimentation, murder of Black women during slavery with absolutely no relief in sight makes for a decision like that. WHEW, indeed.
Oh man 🤯
Thanks for the alert to this book! I have a different collection of her interviews and they’re so good!