{"id":5276,"date":"2013-08-21T14:54:34","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T18:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sistahsontheshelf.com\/?p=5276"},"modified":"2020-05-08T05:49:13","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T09:49:13","slug":"sistagirl-by-anondra-kat-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/?p=5276","title":{"rendered":"SistaGirl by Anondra “Kat” Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Publisher\/Date:<\/strong>\u00a0 Black Ink, July 2013
\nGenre(s):<\/strong>\u00a0 Romance, Short Story, Poetry
\nPages:<\/strong>\u00a0 172
\nWebsite:<\/strong>\u00a0 http:\/\/www.anondrawilliams.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Rating:<\/strong> \"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"¾\"\"☆\" <\/p><\/strong><\/p>\n

A Southern woman is a delicacy: defined as a delicious, rare, or highly prized item of food; pleasing subtlety in something such as taste, smell, or color; or the quality of being easily damaged or broken.<\/p>\n

All these qualities are revealed reading SISTAGIRL<\/em><\/strong> from Anondra \u201cKat\u201d Williams, also author of black girl love<\/a>. Her newest collection of stories and poems picks up where black girl love<\/em> left off, but adds an extra pinch of down-home charm. For a girl like Williams, born and bred in Mississippi, this volume of Southern sensibilities is her bread-and-butter, her calling card. She knows the South, and she definitely knows women.<\/p>\n

I saw it when I read the title story, about loving your sista no matter whom she loves, and in \u201cSaturday Mornings,\u201d recalling the memories of Mama and her friends gossiping and commiserating around the table over cups of coffee, at a time when children were to hush when grown folks are talking. It\u2019s also clear in \u201cSouthern Living,\u201d narrated by a Northerner loving a \u201cMississippi thick girl\u201d with hot grits ready every Sunday.<\/p>\n

One of the biggest themes in SistaGirl<\/em> is growth, as a woman and in relationships, a trip back to the girl you used to be, and the woman you are now. Tales such as \u201cYears\u201d recount the affair between a woman in love and a woman who doesn\u2019t want to be caught, realizing one can come back home. In \u201cFirsts\u201d and \u201c15,\u201d the evolution of love is shown, the former being first loves, and the latter growing older together. I reveled in the coziness of the poem, \u201cmorning,\u201d reminding me with talks in the arms of your soulmate.<\/p>\n

Like a side of buttered cornbread next to your collard greens, the drama finagles its way to the plate in SistaGirl<\/em>, as well. Stories of crazy love (\u201cTime\u201d), domestic abuse (\u201cRoses\u201d), and dating women with husbands (\u201cHow You Get\u2019em\u201d) round out this set. And lest you worry, there\u2019s some “good joog” in there also, with a stimulating game of \u201cTic-tac-toe\u201d that I need to, ahem, play one of these nights.<\/p>\n

Her bonuses, “Top 10 Rules for Being a Lesbian” and “The 11 Lesbians You Will Meet in Your Lifetime”, are humourously spot-on. Williams also includes a except from her upcoming fall 2014 novel, Pat Greene<\/em>, which I’m looking forward to.<\/p>\n

Williams\u2019 SistaGirl<\/em> exposes the hearts of real women. I found her stories to be exceedingly true in sentiment, but a little slack on the editing. A couple of stories ended abruptly that I wanted to see continue, or at least be fleshed out further. That aside, SistaGirl<\/em> is all the women in your life, and may be you. And the love of good woman is hard to beat.<\/p>\n

Reviewed August 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read the Catching Up With… Interview with Anondra “Kat Williams<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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