“I
have to entertain, because if I don't entertain you, you're not going to
continue reading. But if I'm not out to enlighten, or change your mind about
something, or change your behavior, then I really don't want to take the
journey.” – Bebe Moore Campbell
Born in Philadelphia on this date in 1950, Campbell was an author, journalist and teacher who penned 3 New York Times bestsellers – Brothers and Sisters, Singing in the Comeback Choir, and What You Owe Me – before her death from cancer in 2006. What You Owe Me was also a Los Angeles Times “Best Book of 2001.”
Interested in writing
from her high school days, she graduated from the University of Pittsburgh and
taught elementary school before taking a chance on her writing skills, working
as both a journalist and creative writer.
Among her other acclaimed writings was the novel Your Blues Ain't
Like Mine, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and the winner
of the NAACP Image Award for Literature.
Her many essays, articles, and excerpts
appear in many anthologies.
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Campbell always said that writing
should be a joy and she advised new writers to look at any opportunity to do
so. “I would get up at 3 in the morning and
write. Or sometimes I would write at midnight. Or I would write when my child
napped. It wasn't a burden. I was so enthused about what I was doing at the
time that I really didn't mind.”
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