Girl Symbolism, Imagery & Allegory

Aside from being totally delicious, food helps us know where we are. Shrimp and grits? You're in the American south. Philly cheesesteak? You're in Philadelphia. (At least, you'd better be.)Doukona,...

"Maude smell donkey, she smell so funky/ Me gee she water, me gee she soap/ And she still smell funky!": with lyrics like this, no wonder Mom doesn't want Girl singing benna in Sunday School.Okay,...

Girl gets a lot of directions about housekeeping. From tiny details ("this is how you sweep a corner" [22]) to major tasks ("this is how you sweep a yard" [24]), Mom has the whole house under contr...