A Girl Walks Into a Book kingdom of grit On the South Side of

On the South Side of Chicago in 1974

Georgia Gilmore

and became a teacher to an entire generation of African American artists

and knit a red stole that grants power to its wearer

A Girl Walks Into a Book kingdom of grit On the South Side ofHow many times have you heard readers argue about which is better, Jane Eyre or Wuthering Heights? The works of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne continue to provoke passionate fandom over a century after their deaths. Brontnthusiasts, as well as those of us who never made it further than those oft cited classics, will devour Miranda Pennington's delightful literary memoir. Pennington, today a writer and teacher in New York, was a precocious reader. Her