Crave - Laurie Jean Cannady

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      CRAVE

      SOJOURN OF A HUNGRY SOUL

      © 2015 by Laurie Jean Cannady

      All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in critical articles or reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without prior written permission from the publisher.

      The author has attempted to recreate events, conversations, and spaces from childhood memories and memories recounted to her by family members and friends. Some names have been changed.

      Etruscan Press

      Wilkes University

      84 West South Street

      Wilkes-Barre, PA 18766

      (570) 408-4546

       www.etruscanpress.org

      Published 2015 by Etruscan Press

      Cover design by Laurie Powers

      Cover photo by Rachel Eliza Griffiths

      Interior photographs courtesy of Mary Carter

      Interior design and typesetting by Susan Leonard

      The text of this book is set in Goudy Old Style.

       First Edition

      15 16 17 18 19 5 4 3 2 1

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Cannady, Laurie Jean, 1974-

       Crave : sojourn of a hungry soul / Laurie Jean Cannady. -- First edition.

       pages cm

       ISBN 978-0-9903221-4-6

       1. Cannady, Laurie Jean, 1974---Childhood and youth. 2. Cannady, Laurie Jean, 1974---Family. 3. African Americans--Virginia--Biography. 4. African American families--Virginia--Biography. 5. African American families--Social conditions--20th century. 6. Virginia--Social conditions--20th century. I. Title.

       E185.97.C25A3 2015

       306.85’08996073--dc23

      2015002581

      Please turn to the back of this book for a list of the sustaining funders of Etruscan Press.

      This book is printed on recycled, acid-free paper.

      To those curvy, unnerving, twist walking, body talking, get-all-up-in-your-face women. Ones who don’t take no crap, even though it’s often tossed at them. Ones making ends meet, when no ends exist. Those ladies can’t nobody stand, ’cause no one understands them. Not many things are dedicated to you. This book is.

      “If growing up is painful for the Southern Black girl, being aware of her displacement is the rust on the razor that threatens the throat. It is an unnecessary insult.”

      —Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

      “A satisfied soul loathes the honeycomb, but to a hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.”

      —Proverbs 27:7

      CRAVE

       No-No Zone

       SIDE DISHES AND ENTREES

       Side Dishes and Entrees

       Casualty of War

       Prayer List

       The Good Reverend

       Stubble

       The Singer

       Our Song

       RESTARTING FROM SCRATCH

       Restarting from Scratch

       Sweet and Sour

       New Recipes

       Guard Duty

       Cool It Now

       HIDDEN INGREDIENTS

       Nothing New in New

       From Constitution to Queen

       Our Secret

       A Teenage Love

       Blind Spot

       Yellow Peace

       A MESS OF POTTAGE

       A Break

       Lincoln Park

       When It Rains

       Wondering and Wandering

       War of Wars

       No Peace in Dysfunction

       Few Good Men

       The Living Doesn’t Get Easier

       HUNGER PAINS

       Cutting Into a New Me

       Dirt Can Never Clean

       We Each Miss Her

       Chicken Little

       Early to Rise

       Food for Thought

       MALNUTRITION

       Never Tell

       Reawakening

       Lemme Show You Something

       Put a Fork in It

       EYES BIGGER THAN YOUR STOMACH

       Life Rang On

       My Happy

       Dull Pain

       Gotta Be My

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