The New York Times Book Review Sometimes, celebrities are softly interviewed for the “By The Book”, feature. This allows them to talk about their love of reading and writing. This Sunday’s celebrity was Bette Miler. The headline read “Bette Midler Still in the Thrall 19th-Century Novelists” She was also drawn very nicely.
She insists that she loves reading and she actively shares how many black authors she’s read. Like Maya Angelou.
What’s the last great book you read?
Recently, I reread it.Learn Why the Caged bird Sings. Hands down, one of the greatest I’ve ever read….
What’s the last book you read that made you laugh?
I’m adamant about the reason why the cage bird sings. The scene in church, where a woman gets the spirit and rushes the pastor, is one of the funniest things I have ever read.
What’s the last book that made you cry?
I’m adamant about the reason why the cage bird sings.
Ok, she Looooooves Maya Angelou. But there was more. When asked about her favorite current authors, she mentioned Ta-Nehisi coates and bell hooks. (She hates capital letters, but she doesn’t care). And she insists “Alex Haley’s [The Autobiography of] Malcolm X made a huge impression on me.” Also:
How many books should everyone read before turning 21?
W. E. B. Du Bois’s Black Folk’s Souls, Dummies’ Guide to Personal Finance and Jane Jacobs’s Great American Cities: The Death and the Life.
….Do you want more authors to write about the subject that interests you?
Reconstruction and Race. Although the evil deeds of Andrew Johnson ought to be well-known, it is not. Children should know that Reconstruction is still affecting them. I’m 75, and it was news to me.
Even though all the messaging is about her readings regarding race, her ideal dinner with literary figures will be all-white.
You’re organizing a literary dinner party. You are inviting three authors, alive or dead, to a literary dinner party.
Charles Dickens and Fran Lebowitz, Vladimir Nabokov.
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