6/10/2023 0 Comments Ninth ward by jewell parker rhodes![]() For her, numbers, colors, dreams, all had meaning. Grandmother, like Mama Ya-Ya, also believed in signs. She practiced her “rootwork” on us, kids, by insisting on our daily dose of cod liver oil and using herbs for healing burns, cuts, and colds. Grandmother, never finished elementary school, but she was a terrific storyteller and a gifted healer. ![]() She’d migrated North seeking a better life for her children but I always sensed that our urban ghetto didn’t compare to the beauty of the South. My Grandmother Ernestine who raised me was a southern girl. Can you talk a little about that connection? Your connection to the South seems to run deep. ![]() ![]() You’ve written other books that take place in New Orleans and write with such affection for the characters if the Ninth Ward. ![]()
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