The Moments, the Minutes, the Hours: The Poetry of Jill Scott.(Book Review)

From: Black Issues Book Review | Date: May 1, 2005| Author: Hegamin, Tonya Cherie | Copyright information

The Moments, the Minutes, the Hours: The Poetry of Jill Scott by Jill Scott St. Martin's Press, May 2005, $18.95, ISBN 0-312-32961-X

If you were in Philadelphia the summer of 2000 when Who Is Jill Scott? hit the record stores, chances are that album was your life's soundtrack. It was being played everywhere, by everyone. Even in my predominantly white neighborhood, The Italian Market, you could hear "Is It the Way (You Love Me)" blaring from the butcher shops on Saturday...

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