Vol. 1 issue 1: WE are redwoods

We Are Redwoods seemed like the perfect title for our very first issue at The Redwood Review….

Morrison brilliantly examines the politics of insubordination in the name of liberation. Through contrasting attitudes towards the Bottom’s infamous Sula Peace, readers question what it means to be either disparaged or commemorated by those who fabricate the definitions of conventionality and morality.

A literary giant and acclaimed genius, Morrison’s searing legacy laid the path for the long lineage of Black female writers and their commentary on socio-political affairs. In a world where men are not the primary purpose, her novels defy the customary tradition that it is an inescapable tragedy to craft a story in the absence of men.

Inventive for the 1970s ‘United States,’ Sula proves to be a relevant, scintillating story of Black female defiance and power, engaging contemporary readers in continued conversations about ostracized and berated racialized identities.

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We want to hear all the deeply audacious, subversive methods you willingly choose to live your years on earth. Like Sula fearlessly said,

“But the difference is they dying like a stump.

Me, I’m going down like one of those redwoods.”