Memory of kin
Subtitle: stories about family by black writers
By: edited, with an introduction and commentary by Mary Helen Washington.
Contributors: Washington, Mary Helen.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 416
Subjects: Family -- Literary collections; African American families -- Literary collections; American literature -- African American authors
Genres: Literary collections.
Description: Critic, essayist, and anthologist Mary Helen Washington has chosen as the theme of her newest collection "the family as a living mystery." She selected nineteen stories and twelve poems by some of this century's leading black authors that oblige the reader to observe the complexities of the family in new and provocative ways.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.