Page 64: The South doesn't agree with my brother. The author is saying that her brother is not happy in the South.
Page 267: We board the bus just when the sun is kissing the sky. The author is saying that it is sunrise.
Page 32:A front porch swing thirsty for oil. The author is trying to say the it was an old swing and it was creaking when it moved.
Personification in Brown Girl Dreaming
You are wrong!