What Untamed Women Teach Us with Trelani Michelle

What can untamed women teach us about how to and how not to love?Reading excerpts from works by Zora Neale Hurston, Nikki Giovanni, Pearl Cleage, Alice Walker, Octavia Butler, bell hooks, Toni Morrison, and Audre Lorde.Talking 'bout choosing solitude rather than settling, loving without possession, the revolutionary power of pleasure, why love requires work, making ourselves too available, and how even the loves that end can leave us changed for the better.This ain’t a book review though. And I ain’t just reading to you. It’s an invitation to let these stories change your life. Books:Their Eyes Were Watching GodLove PoemsThings I Should've Told My DaughterGathering Blossoms Under FireWild SeedAll About LoveSong of SolomonZami

Reading excerpts from works by Zora Neale Hurston, Toni Morrison, Toni Cade Bambara, Alice Walker, Tina McElroy Ansa, June Jordan, and others to draw connections between their stories and our own lives.