Recitatif: A StoryIn this 1983 short story the only short story Morrison ever wrote we meet Twyla and Roberta, who have known each other since they were eight years old and spent four months together as roommates in St. Bonaventure shelter. Inseparable then, they lose touch as they grow older, only later to find each other again at a diner, a grocery store, and again at a protest. Seemingly at opposite ends of every problem, and at each other's throats each time they

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these two witches enter a precarious alliance to take down a mutual threat

the girl's mother teaches her about the musicality of African

their initial dislike shifts into an unexpected understanding

often absent mother known only as The Lady

they learn to depend upon each other for companionship and survival

he studies the faces around him and makes pictures of their lives

Wilkerson tells this story through the lives of three unique individuals: Ida Mae Gladney

Beauty as an expression of who you are is power

Tatum presents strong evidence that straight talk about our racial identities-whatever they may be-is essential if we are serious about facilitating communication across racial and ethnic divides