Richard Pryor’s daughter examines language, identity, family in ‘Something We Said’

Book Review: 'Something We Said': Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor on her relationship with her father and that word

Sticks and stones may break my bones.

Richard Pryor’s daughter examines language, identity, family in ‘Something We Said’

“Something We Said: Richard Pryor, A Notorious Word, and Me” by Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor, c.2026, Simon & Schuster, $29.00, 304 pages Sticks and stones may break my bones. You know the rest of that childhood rhyme, and you know it’s not true: Words have meaning, and they can cut like a knife. And yet, though […]