Granny Midwives and Black Women Writers: Double-Dutched Readings
...offers fresh insight into the rich cultural and intellectual heritage of African-American women. --Journal of Women's History[This book] is a fascinating look at the practice of midwifery both as a medical profession and as an evolving cultural icon in the literature of African American women. --Modern Fiction Studies...high quality tools of transformation. ...compel readers to let the transformation of silence begin. --NWSA JournalHealth and SexualityThis is a highly readable book which stresses the calling which these women experienced to serve poor women, both black and white.  Their moral power which is protrayed in fiction is set alongside a fascinating interview with one fo the last remaining Grannies in the final chapter. -- Fawcett Library NewsletterLee...has done her homework, and many portions of her book are quite powerful. -- Emerge MagazineLee's analysis is mindful, affective, even nurturing. All's we have to do is lean in close and listen.--Vibe, May 1997Clearly presented and accessible,Granny Midwives andBlack Women Writersprovides a different spin to folklore/literary studies. --Journal of FolkloreResearch