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Piece Description
Nanci Olesen, producer of MOMbo.org, a radio resource for moms, reviews Rise Up Singing: Black Women Writers on Motherhood. The book, edited by Cecelie S. Berry, is a collection of essays, poems, journal entries, and short stories. Olesen was inspired and moved by the writing.
Broadcast History
This piece aired on KFAI on February 8, 2006
Transcript
In honor of Black History Month, MOMbo producer Nanci Olesen read RISE UP SINGING: BLACK WOMEN WRITERS ON MOTHERHOOD, edited by Cecelie S. Berry. Here?s her review:
Here is a quote from Martha Southgate, in her essay ?Unnatural Woman?:
?I am a writer, but I also have chosen to have children. And there?s the rub. I?m 41 years old and I love my children, enormously. I?m a fairly good parent, but it?s not easy for me. It?s not easy for anyone, but I find it harder than most. Family life?taking care of others, the bump and rub of a group?I?ve never been comfortable with it.?
Southgate?s essay is about half way through the book Rise Up Singing: Black Women Writers on Motherhood. This collection of stories and essays was edited by Cecelie S. Berry, who also grapples with her decision to be a mom who is at home raising her kids.
The collection that Berry has put together kept...
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Timing and Cues
simple review, Nanci's voice only. 00:03:40
Suggested host intro: "To honor Black History month, MOMbo producer Nanci Olesen read Rise Up Singing: Black Women Writers on Motherhood, a collection edited by Cecelie S. Berry. Here's her review:" outro: "Nanci Olesen is the host and producer of MOMbo dot org, a radio resource for moms."
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