Mending the world : stories of family by contemporary black writers / edited by Rosemarie Robotham ; [preface by Maya Angelou ; foreword by Pearl Cleage].

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Robotham, Rosemarie
Angelou, Maya
Cleage, Pearl
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : BasicCivitas Books, [2003], ©2003.
Subjects:
Families > Literary collections.
African American families > Literary collections.
American literature > African American authors.
Genre:
Literary collections.
Physical Description:xxiii, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 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.