Happy Birthday Queen Latifah!

Dana Owens (b. March 18, 1970), better known as Queen Latifah, is a singer, rapper, author, spokesperson, and actress. Her work in music, film and television has earned her a number of awards, including:

• a Golden Globe Award for Life Support 
• two Screen Actors Guild Awards for Chicago and Life Support
• a NAACP Image Award for Bringing Down The House 
• an Emmy Award nomination for Life Support
• an Academy Award nomination for Chicago

What is your favorite Queen Latifah book?
I have added Put on Your Crown: Life-Changing Moments on the Path to Queendom to my reading list for the year.

What is your favorite Queen Latifah film or TV role?
My favorite movies are Set It Off and Chicago.

Happy Birthday Audrey Hepburn!

Which of her movies is your favorite?

Happy Birthday Maya Angelou!

Happy Birthday Maya Angelou! Dr. Angelou (born April 4, 1928) is an American poet and author. Not to mention her other roles as educator, actress, historian, filmmaker, and civil rights activist.

Which is your favorite of her books?

Happy Birthday Chuck Palahniuk!

Happy birthday Chuck Palahniuk (February 21, 1962)! Which is your favorite of his books?

Be sure to check out the my posts surrounding his book, Fight Club.

Happy Birthday Wallace Stegner!

Happy birthday to "The Dean of Western Writers," Wallace Earle Stegner (February 18, 1909 – April 13, 1993). Which is your favorite of his books?

Happy Birthday A.R. Ammons!

Happy birthday to American poet Archie Randolph Ammons (February 18, 1926 – February 25, 2001). Which is your favorite of his books?

Happy Birthday Toni Morrison!

Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, editor, and professor Toni Morrison was born on February 18, 1931. Which is your favorite of her books?





Nobel laureate Toni Morrison will be the keynote speaker at Rutgers University's 245th anniversary commencement on May 15.