Mending the World [electronic resource] : Stories of Family by Contemporary Black Writers
Robotham, Rosemarie.
Washington : Basic Books,
2009.
Today's most talented African American writers redefine and celebrate the black family in a collection of uniquely evocative poetry and prose
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Contents; Preface: Great Expectations by Maya Angelou; Foreword: Reflections on Family by Pearl Cleage; Introduction: Making Up the Truth by Rosemarie Robotham; FIRST LIGHT; Rachel - Tina McElroy Ansa; The Circling Hand - Jamaica Kincaid; The Driving Lesson - Gerald Early; Holy Cross Hospital - Toi Derricotte; Bright Thursdays - Olive Senior; The Myth of Music - Rachel M. Harper; MYTH-MAKING; Ocean - Shay Youngblood; The Book of the Dead - Edwidge Danticat; Show Business - Martha Southgate; A Son in Shadow - Fred D'Aguiar; On Earth - Jacuqeline Woodson
Three Sonnets for Mister Kent - Kendel HippolyteTHE SHIFTING SELF; The Drill - Breena Clarke; Dear Aunt Nanadine - Alexis De Veaux; Who Shot Johnny? - Debra Dickerson; Going Home - Janus Adams; My Daughter, Once Removed - William Jelani Cobb; The Feather - April Reynolds; A TASTE OF EDEN; Sleeper's Wake - Paule Marshall; Aunt Delia - Valerie Wilson Wesley; Uncle Raymond - Nelson Eubanks; Brothers and Sisters Around the World - Andrea Lee; China - Charles Johnson; Will & Testament - Malaika Adero; MENDING THE WORLD; Momma - Paulette Childress White; Daddy - James McBride
Counting Breaths - Rosemarie RobothamThe Two of Us - Alice Walker; The Good Daughter - Rebecca Walker; The Box - Diane McKinney-Whetstone; Permissions; Bibliography; Biographical Notes
Today's most talented African American writers redefine and celebrate the black family in a collection of uniquely evocative poetry and prose
African American families.
American literature - African American authors.
Family.