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Title:

Fiery spirits : a collection of short fiction and poetry / by Canadian writers of African descent ; Ayanna Black, editor.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

HarperPerennial,

Copyright Date:

c1994

Description:

xix, 231 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Canadian literature--Black authors.
Canadian literature--20th century.
Blacks--Canada--Literary collections.
Short stories, Canadian (English)--Black authors.
Canadian fiction (English)--20th century.
Canadian poetry (English)--Black authors.
Canadian poetry (English)--20th century.
Black Canadians--Fiction.
Black Canadians--Poetry.
Nouvelles canadiennes-anglaises--Auteurs noirs.
Roman canadien-anglais--20e siècle.
Poésie canadienne-anglaise--Auteurs noirs.
Poésie canadienne-anglaise--20e siècle.
Noirs--Canada--Romans.
Noirs--Canada--Poésie.

Other Authors:

Black, Ayanna.

Contents:

The crystal cave / Carol Talbot -- Dryland : in my village / Pauline Peters -- Lamentations : a letter to my mother / Kuwee Kumsaa -- The woman in the pit and elephant's trunk / Jane Tapsubei Creider -- A woman is a child / Yvonne Vera -- Canopus. Nocturne for roots. Africa-Guyana! / Jan Carew -- My grandfather and I / Rudolph Allen -- Living out the winter / John Hearne -- La pacotille / Gérarde Étienne translated by Keith L. Walker -- Affirmative action / Archibald J. Crail -- Foggy seasons / Paul Tiyambe Zeleza -- Catharsis/one / Courtnay McFarlane -- Listen to the language. Shoes / Sylvia Hamilton -- Why / Stefan Collins -- Moonface / Richardo Keens-Douglas -- Atavism. Between destinies. Daydreaming about my father / Charles C. Smith -- Grief. Weight of war. In a breath... / Dee September -- Every goodbye ain't gone. Town / Leleti Tamu -- The brown moth / Minister Faust -- Three passages from Elizet / Dionne Brand.

ISBN:

9780006475200
0006475205

OCLC:

(OCoLC)30073037

LCCN:

95163955

Locations:

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)