Centers of the Self
Subtitle: Stories by Black American Women from the Nineteenth Century to the Present
By: edited and with an introduction by Judith A. Hamer and Martin J. Hamer.
Contributors: Hamer, Judith A.; Hamer, Martin J.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Hill and Wang
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 355
Subjects: Short stories, American -- African American authors.; Short stories, American -- Women authors.; African American women -- Fiction.; African Americans -- Fiction.
Description: Centers of the Self offers us a chronologically arranged collection of riveting short fiction from the best of America's black women writers. Each of these fine works reveals an important aspect of the core experience of self-discovery in African American life. We take pride in a major collection that illuminates a long tradition as well as the recent renaissance of black and women writers.