| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xi, 416 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
The extended family. The idea of ancestry / Etheridge Knight -- Just like a tree / Ernest J. Gaines. |
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Wives and husbands. The wedding / June Jordan -- The poker party / William Melvin Kelley -- Roselily / Alice Walker -- The wife of his youth ; Po' Sandy / Charles Chesnutt |
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Mothers and daughters. Momma / Paulette Childress White -- Black mother woman / Audre Lorde -- Mother / Andrea Lee -- The circling hand / Jamaica Kincaid -- Getting the facts of life / Paulette Childress White. |
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Fathers and daughters. Forgiving my father / Lucille Clifton -- New African / Andrea Lee. |
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Mothers and sons. Mother to son / Langston Hughes -- The sky is gray / Ernest J. Gaines. |
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Fathers and sons. Those winter Sundays / Robert Hayden -- Forty in the shade / John McCluskey, Jr. -- A long day in November / Ernest J. Gaines. |
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Sisters. The house slave / Rita Dove -- Little brother / John Edgar Wideman -- Adventures of the Dread sisters / Alexis De Veaux. |
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Brothers. My brother is homemade / Sam Cornish -- Sonny's blues / James Baldwin. |
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Aunts and uncles. The house on Norwood / Toi Derricotte -- Aunt Carrie / Rita Dove -- Gorilla, my love / Toni Cade Bambara. |
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Grandparents. My Grandfather walks in the woods / Marilyn Waniek -- The weakness / Toi Derricotte -- To Da-duh, in memoriam / Paule Marshall -- Miss Cynthie / Rudolph Fisher. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Subject |
Families -- Literary collections.
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African American families -- Literary collections.
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American literature -- African American authors.
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| Added Author |
Washington, Mary Helen.
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| ISBN |
0385247826 |
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9780385247825 |
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0385247834 paperback |
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9780385247832 paperback |
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