Library Week's Aspiring Writers

If you have ever chopped cotton, taken castor oil or eaten collard greens

 on special occasions, then you just might relate to Litric Mingo's poetry. 

The Gees Bend native and Selma resident recited poems about her childhood 

and culture at the Selma-Dallas County Public Library during 

National Library Week. She is one of several local aspiring writers

 who spent an hour presenting original works, published or not. 

Mingo recited poems from a collection she plans to self publish.While she

 has written many poems,  it was her very first one, "Freedom Movement," 

that propelled her to prominence at her school in Boykin.  

Eventually, because her writing expressed the emotions of young people

 so well during a time of social change, she was chosen as one

 of 17 minority youth for a two-week trip to France. 

Many of Mingo's poems are humorous, but others, such as "Morning Glory"

 and "Today," reflect her positive outlook. Still others convey determination

 to rise above the circumstances of her Civil Rights Era youth. 

More about Litric Mingo can be found HERE. 

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