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Mending the world : stories of family by contemporary black writers

Title
  1. Mending the world : stories of family by contemporary black writers / edited by Rosemarie Robotham ; [preface by Maya Angelou ; foreword by Pearl Cleage].
Published by
  1. New York, NY : BasicCivitas Books, c2003.

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Additional authors
  1. Robotham, Rosemarie.
  2. Angelou, Maya.
  3. Cleage, Pearl.
Description
  1. xxiii, 290 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  1. Families > Literary collections
  2. African American families > Literary collections
  3. American literature > African American authors
Contents
  1. Preface: Great expectations / Maya Angelou -- Foreword: Reflections on family / Pearl Cleage -- Introduction: Making up the truth / Rosemarie Robotham -- First light. Rachel / Tina McElroy Ansa ; The circling hand / Jamaica Kincaid ; The driving lesson / Gerald Early ; Holy Cross Hospital / Toi Derricotte ; Bright Thursdays / Olive Senior ; The myth of music / Rachel M. Harper -- Myth making. Ocean / Shay Youngblood ; The book of the dead / Edwidge Danticat ; Show business / Martha Southgate ; A son in shadow / Fred D'Aguiar ; On earth / Jacqueline Woodson ; Three sonnets for Mister Kent / Kendel Hippolyte -- The shifting self. The drill / Breena Clarke ; Dear Aunt Nanadine / Alexis De Veaux ; Who shot Johnny? / Debra Dickerson ; Going home / Janus Adams ; My daughter, once removed / William Jelani Cobb ; The feather / April Reynolds -- A taste of Eden. Sleeper's wake / Paule Marshall ; Aunt Delia / Valerie Wilson Wesley ; Uncle Raymond / Nelson Eubanks ; Brothers and sisters around the world / Andrea Lee ; China / Charles Johnson ; Will & testament / Malaika Adero -- Mending the world. Momma / Paulette Childress White ; Daddy / James McBride ; Counting breaths / Rosemarie Robotham ; The two of us / Alice Walker ; The good daughter / Rebecca Walker ; The box / Diane McKinney-Whetstone -- Permissions -- Bibliography -- Biographical notes.
Call number
  1. Sc E 03-225
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-290).
Title
  1. Mending the world : stories of family by contemporary black writers / edited by Rosemarie Robotham ; [preface by Maya Angelou ; foreword by Pearl Cleage].
Imprint
  1. New York, NY : BasicCivitas Books, c2003.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-290).
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  1. Table of contents
Added author
  1. Robotham, Rosemarie.
  2. Angelou, Maya.
  3. Cleage, Pearl.
ISBN
  1. 0465070620
Research call number
  1. Sc E 03-225
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