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Joy Angell Stalvey Barefoot
Sifting Your life, and Gathering Pearls is described by Joy as “My heart on paper, more or less”. Joy Angell Stalvey Barefoot was born in Georgia, between the depression and World ...view moreSifting Your life, and Gathering Pearls is described by Joy as “My heart on paper, more or less”. Joy Angell Stalvey Barefoot was born in Georgia, between the depression and World War II. She describes herself as a highly sensitive second child, coming into a world where everything was changing quickly, and she was, intensely, aware of it all, understanding little of it.
“I was like a mouse in the room, or a child peeking around the corner”, waiting to hear and see older people, talking of the cost the Great Depression had brought into their lives, as well as the sadness brought to so many who were suffering. Many of her memories and vignettes from that time period, are found in this book.
Relatives came and went, especially in search of jobs in the Carolina textile industry, where Joy’s family relocated, and found work in the mills of North Carolina.
Growing up in the segregated south, women enjoyed few rights. She explained that she never knew any people of color, not any young Black girls throughout her education, but she knew, and loved, older Black women who cared for her and her siblings, after her mother went to work.
As long as she has a pencil and a piece of paper, she is never at a loss for something to capture.
Mrs. Barefoot and her beloved husband, Jim, have four children, and have lived most of their life in Virginia.
Sifting Your Life and Gathering Pearls, is Joy’s fourth published poetry book, after Hoots, Howls, and Belly Growls … Poetry for Little People, The Night of the Nogwamp, and Poetry From the Back porch of My Soul.view less