Title: Memory of Kin
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.
Subjects: Literary collections, African American authors, African American families, American literature, Family, Families, New York Times reviewed, American literature, african american authors