One cold February night, his wife began to howl.
The becoming was a long process. His wife had been a small woman, barely a hundred pounds. The wolf she became was massive, almost double her human weight. She had thickly furred ears and a long, dense, whitish coat
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Just Published: The Wolf Wife (Story)
December 30, 2020 at 4:13 pm (Artists and Writers, Filipino Writers, Links, Publishers, Recommended, Women Writers, Writing)
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Ch. 13: Twelve Years a Slave
December 30, 2020 at 8:54 am (Books, Memoirs, Movies, Recommended)
Tags: adaptations, African American Writers, COVID Reading, performances, reading lists, US history
Now, Solomon Northup is working for a crazy master named Epps. This part was adapted in the movie — in fact, the Epps scenes have lingered longest in self’s memory. Could also be because Lupita Nyong’o plays Patsey, the fastest cotton picker on the whole plantation — no, maybe in the whole American South. (The great Sarah Paulson played Mrs. Epps: she killed in the role)
This Epps liked to make his slaves dance, even after they’ve had a long day laboring in the fields. He wanted them to laugh. He wanted Northup to play the fiddle.
Crazy!
