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Title:

These hands I know : African-American writers on family / edited by Afaa Michael Weaver.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Distributed to the trade by Consortium Book Sales & Distribution,
Distributed to the trade by Consortium Book Sales & Distribution,

Copyright Date:

c2002

Description:

xi, 249 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

African American authors--Family relationships.
African American families.
Family--United States.

Other Authors:

Weaver, Afaa M. (Afaa Michael), 1951-

Contents:

Introduction / Afaa Michael Weaver -- Up the hill / Henry Louis Gates, Jr. -- Roy Lee DeBerry / Jarvis Q. DeBerry -- A son in shadow / Fred D'Aguiar -- The tail of color / Honorée Fanonne Jeffers -- Keziah / Gwendolyn Brooks -- My country 'tis of thee / Della Taylor Scott -- Letter from Monticello / Lise Funderburg -- A curious absence / Trent Masiki -- My cleaning lady / Marilyn Nelson -- From I'm Katherine : a memoir / W. Warren Harper -- Peace offerings / Tara Bets -- The future in my arms / Edwidge Danticat -- Making noise / Karen Chandler -- Brothers and sisters / Alice Walker -- A racial education, part two / Gerald Early -- Fathering words / E. Ethelbert Miller -- Spirit family of the streets / Kalamu ya Salaam.

ISBN:

9781889330723 (alk. paper)
1889330728 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)48256557

LCCN:

2001054932

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)