The Moments, the Minutes, the Hours: The Poetry of Jill Scott

From: Black Issues Book Review | Date: May 1, 2005| Author: | 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 Saturdays. It felt like we were all swept up in Jill Scott's love. That autumn, I went to Jill's concert on 69th Street-it seemed ...

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