These hands I know
Subtitle: African-American writers on family
By: edited by Afaa Michael Weaver.
Contributors: Weaver, Afaa M. 1951-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Sarabande Books
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Louisville, Ky
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
Subjects: African American authors -- Family relationships; African Americans -- Intellectual life; African American families; Family -- United States
Description: "These Hands I Know offers readers an intimate view of the inner workings of black family life from the point of view of prose and poetry writers. This collection of seventeen essays includes portraits of fathers, mothers, nieces, brothers, grandparents, husbands, wives, and daughters - in short, the full spectrum of humanity in contemporary black families."--BOOK JACKET.