Category: Book Clubs

AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce, celebrating Black History month with two sisters in Brooklyn, Gabrielle and Danielle Davenport, the owners of Brooklyn’s BEM/ books and more. Go to their shop, purchase their selections of books chronicling black history and the impact of food on the African American culture. Four of the books they’re currently reading, are also a visual joy to behold. The books include: High on the Hog, The Jemima Code, The Black book, written with Toni Morrison, chronicles black history from 1619-1974 and The Revolution in our Time, details the story of the Black panthers and the free school breakfast program they advocated. Be informed, everyday can be Black History month for you.

February 25, 2023

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/25/black-history-month-black-food-bem-books For sisters Gabrielle and Danielle Davenport, every month is a good time to read about Black food. As the owners of Brooklyn’s BEM | books & more, the country’s first book store to focus on the topic, the two sisters are regularly curating works that narrate and elevate stories and memories about Black food. … More AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce, celebrating Black History month with two sisters in Brooklyn, Gabrielle and Danielle Davenport, the owners of Brooklyn’s BEM/ books and more. Go to their shop, purchase their selections of books chronicling black history and the impact of food on the African American culture. Four of the books they’re currently reading, are also a visual joy to behold. The books include: High on the Hog, The Jemima Code, The Black book, written with Toni Morrison, chronicles black history from 1619-1974 and The Revolution in our Time, details the story of the Black panthers and the free school breakfast program they advocated. Be informed, everyday can be Black History month for you.

Joyce AmericaSpeaks Periscope@11am Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Let’s keep it light, happy memories, everyone!

March 17, 2017

  Dear Followers: Let’s think about our fondest memories today , live in the present and enjoy our day!  I look forward to sharing  the fond memories of the America I grew up in with you!    Won’t you join me for a period of R&R!  We earned this respite,  let’s  Enjoy it, together!   … More Joyce AmericaSpeaks Periscope@11am Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Let’s keep it light, happy memories, everyone!

The Voice of Joyce: excerpts : ” The Great Escape”

February 28, 2016

Facts about inequality:  paraphrased from Angus Deaton’s book,” The Great Escape” The Facts about inequality:  Poor people do not choose to be poor The unemployed are miserable and demoralized without work The GDP is a well meaning statistic that doesn’t measure the 99% struggling at the bottom of  income distribution Labor unions have declined in … More The Voice of Joyce: excerpts : ” The Great Escape”

The Voice Of Joyce :” The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter”

April 9, 2015

Have I mentioned, I belong to a book club, that meets regularly, once a month.  Our mandate is to choose books of social relevancy in paperback.  This month,  one of our members, chose THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER, by Carson McCullers  published  in 1940.  The novel takes place in a poor southern town just … More The Voice Of Joyce :” The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter”