| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xv, 269 pages ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
LOVE -- Greatness of small gestures / Ruby Dee -- To thine own self be true / Patti LaBelle -- Cupid's arrow, as told to Eric V. Copage -- Committment, as told to Eric V. Copage -- Resignation / Nikki Giovanni -- Not such a bitter pill, as told to Eric V. Copage -- You're nobody 'till you've got somebody to love / Sammy Davis Jr. -- More precious than gold / Patricia Robinson -- Prize, as told to Eric V. Copage -- Eye of the beholder / Isaac Phillips -- Recipe for love / Eric V. Copage -- Self-Esteem: Royalty, parts I and II -- Rita Owens -- Queen Latifah -- Let it be Africa / Rosemary L. Bray -- Knee-high man tries to get sizable / Anonymous -- Dark-skinned girl / Akiba Jama -- Jay and the peacock / Aesop -- Getting off the treadmill, as told to Eric V. Copage -- Truth / Freddie Mae Baxter -- Close call , as told to Eric V. Copage -- When words are enough / Veronica Chambers -- My Own Two Feet / Ruby Dee -- Recipe for self-esteem / Eric V. Copage -- Family: Brothers / Langston Hughes -- Coffee signs / Nikki Giovanni -- Everyone's child / Arthur Ashe -- Uphill Climb / Rosemary L. Bray -- Vote of confidence / Brent Staples -- ABCs of kin -- Eric V. Copage -- Ultimate gift / James Baldwin -- Family of the heart / Vanessa Jackson -- Underground dads / Wil Haygood -- Lion and the mouse / Aesop -- Unmarked man / Michel Marriott -- Matter of trust, as told to Eric V. Copage -- Nothing to Fear / Colin Powell -- Weight in gold / Langston Hughes -- Recipe for family / Eric V. Copage -- Creativity: Black American literature: Introduction / Nikki Giovanni -- Transformation / Ada Deblanc Simond -- Mother's smile / Teddy Pendergrass -- Choice, as told to Eric V. Copage -- Echo that never fades / Richard Wright -- Mouth of the cave / Bell Hooks -- Defying gravity / Bill T. Jones -- Best birthday present ever, as told to Eric V. Copage -- Recipe for creativity / Eric V. Copage -- Tenacity: Hungry for airtime / Les Brown -- Jennifer Holliday / Jacqueline Jones La Mon -- Shiny red bicycle / Jon Haggins -- Self-doubt / Barry White -- Coming to terms with the j-j-jitters / Michael E. Ross -- Lessons of the river / Tom Dent -- Giant step / Henry Louis Gates Jr. -- Marathon woman / Oprah Winfrey -- Recipe for tenacity / Eric V. Copage -- Wisdom: Christmas carol / Anthony Walton -- Ten most important things to tell our teenagers / Eric V. Copage -- Down-home wisdom / Anonymous -- Premonition / Melissa Fleming -- Three mangoes / Florence Evans -- Comforts of home / Abraham Harper -- Big year / Jon Haggins -- Family values / Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot -- Making the grade, as told to Eric V. Copage -- Inside light / Zora Neale Hurston -- Unconditional love / Queen Latifah -- Receiving in order to give / Peter J. Gomes -- Bearing witness / Eric V. Copage -- Time flies, as told to Eric V. Copage -- Recipe for wisdom / Eric V. Copage -- Faith: Every woman has a call / Queen Latifah -- Champion / Cicely Tyson -- Swimming lessons / Jon Haggins -- Not my time / T.C. Matthews -- Peacemaker / Sonsyrea Tate -- Communion cupcake, as told to Eric V. Copage -- Now or never / Barry White -- Children of the sun / Duke Ellington -- Flood / Sharon Davis -- Revelation / Eric V. Copage -- Recipe for faith / Eric V. Copage -- Afterword -- Acknowledgements. |
| Summary |
"Soul Food" is comprised of seven chapters, each devoted to a different aspect of life: Love, Self-Esteem, Family, Wisdom, Tenacity, Creativity, and Faith. Each chapter contains about fourteen stories, not just quotes or proverbs. In the tradition of Chicken Soup for the Soul, a collection of stories, celebrity anecdotes, folk tales, & inspirational accounts from ordinary people, each illustrating a different aspect of life--love, self-esteem, family, wisdom, tenacity, creativity, & faith. When Eric Copage was researching ideas for a new inspirational book for African Americans to follow up on the success of his Black Pearls series, he poured over readers' comments for books like Simple Abundance, Chicken Soup For The Soul, and Don't Sweat The Small Stuff. |
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African Americans -- Conduct of life -- Anecdotes.
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Spiritual life -- Anecdotes.
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Social values -- United States -- Anecdotes.
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Inspiration -- Anecdotes.
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African Americans -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
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| ISBN |
0786884991 trade pbk. |
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9780786884995 trade pbk. |
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