The 9 Spot: Irene Latham
Irene Latham’s debut novel LEAVING GEE’S BEND is about Ludelphia Bennett, a determined, ten-year-old African American girl in 1932 Gee’s Bend, Alabama, leaves home in an effort to find medical help for her sick mother, and she recounts her ensuing adventures in a quilt she is making, and it debuts today! To celebrate her launch, I’m asking her 9 essential questions we need to know about every author.
9. Legs or pudding?
Mmm…pudding.
8. Jean jacket or leather jacket?
Jean with a great scarf.
7. Blind faith or cold logic?
Blind faith.
6. Pen or keyboard?
Keyboard because I’m a lefty, which means I smear everything I write by hand.
5. Zombies or unicorns?
Neither. I’m an old-fashioned girl– give me boy, girl, dog, horse…the occasional rabbit.
4. Hardback or paperback?
Paperback.
3. Bookmark or fold the page?
Both, and if I really REALLY like it, a highlighter too.
2. Hoard or share?
I’m a middle child of five. You figure it out.
1. Happy ending or total devastation?
A little ambiguity is good… but must have hope!
Thanks, Irene! To find out more about Irene, check out her blog at www.irenelatham.com! Happy debut, Irene!
Posted in Authors, The 9 Spot
January 7th, 2010 at 5:01 pm
I gotta ask: what were you thinking when you asked that first question? I read it as frog legs or chocolate pudding?? :)
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Saundra Reply:
January 7th, 2010 at 6:07 pm
AHaha, it’s not important what I thought. It’s what you thought that makes the question interesting! Thank you for hanging in the 9 spot with me!
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January 7th, 2010 at 5:01 pm
and THANKS. It was fun!
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