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Title:
Mending the world : stories of family by contemporary black writers / edited by Rosemarie Robotham ; [preface by Maya Angelou ; foreword by Pearl Cleage]
Publisher:
BasicCivitas Books,
Copyright Date:
c2003
Description:
xxiii, 290 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Family.--Literary collections.
African American families.--Literary collections.
American literature--African American authors.
Other Authors:
Robotham, Rosemarie, 1957-
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-290).
Contents:
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 -- 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 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 -- 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 -- 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.
ISBN:
9780465070626
0465070620
OCLC:
(OCoLC)51244666
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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