This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color
And When You Leave, Take Your Pictures With Youby Jo CarilloBeyond The Cliffs Of Abiquiuby Jo CarilloCeremony For Completing A Poetry Readingby Chrystos [pseud.]Give Me Backby Chrystos [pseud.]He Sawby Chrystos [pseud.]I Walk In The History Of My Peopleby Chrystos [pseud.]No Rock Scorns Me As Whoreby Chrystos [pseud.]Millicent Fredericksby Gabrielle DanielsOn Not Beinby Mary Hope Whitehead LeeWonder Womanby Genny LimFor The Color Of My Motherby Cherrie MoragaThe Welderby Cherrie MoragaI Am What I Amby Rosario MoralesThe Bridge Poemby Kate RushinWhen I Was Growing Upby Nellie Wong--Table of Poems fromPoem Finder®From the forewords by Cherrie Moraga, Gloria Anzaldua through the poems, essays, and pieces Toni Cade Bambara calls "cables, esoesses, conjurations and fusile missles, this is a work of bringing-togetherness that gives the reader a clear-eyed view of life in the United States. From "I Paid Very Hard for My Immigrant Ignorance" by Mirtha Quintanales to "who told you anybody wants to hear from you? you ain't nothing but a black woman!" by hattie gossett to "I Don't Understand Those Who Have Turned Away From Me" by Chrystos,This Bridge Called My Backis a showing-and-telling, a volume of reflections of stunning color: raging, gentle, powerful. First published in 1983 and winner of the 1986 Before Columbus Foundation American Book Award, this collection was an important addition to the steadily growing voice of the world's silenced people, especially women of color.This Bridge Called My Backis a gift of wisdom, of strength, of womanhood. As Gloria Anzaldua puts it in her foreword: "Haven't we always borne jugs of water, children, poverty? Why not learn to bear baskets of hope, love, self-nourishment and to step lightly?"-- For great reviews of books for girls, check outLet's Hear It for the Girls: 375 Great Books for Readers 2-14. --From500 Great Books by Women; review by Jesse Larsen