Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Her stories Her stories Leo Dillon,Virginia Hamilton,Diane Dillon A few folktales, animal tales, fairy tales and even some actually true herstories collected and retold by Virginia Hamilton. OL112094W
What's left of Blackness? What's left of Blackness? Tracy Fisher "What's Left of Blackness analyzes the political transformations in black women's socially engaged community-based political work in England from the late 1960s until the 2000s. Tracy Fisher situates… OL16592334W
Swing Time Swing Time Eugenia Vázquez Nacarino,Zadie Smith,Pippa Bennett-warner "An ambitious, exuberant new novel moving from North West London to West Africa, from the multi-award-winning author of White Teeth and On Beauty Two brown girls dream of being dancers--but only one,… OL17807504W
Girl, Woman, Other Girl, Woman, Other Bernardine Evaristo *Girl, Woman, Other* follows the lives and struggles of twelve very different characters. Mostly women, black and British, they tell the stories of their families, friends and lovers, across the coun… OL20470196W
In Search of Our Mother's Garden In Search of Our Mother's Garden Alice Walker In this, her first collection of nonfiction, the author speaks out as a Black woman, writer, mother, and feminist in thirty-six pieces ranging from the personal to the political. Among the contents a… OL273646W
Waiting to Exhale Waiting to Exhale Terry McMillan,Terry McMillan Four African American women console and support one another in a complex friendship that helps them face the middle of their lives as single women. OL3263743W
Soul talk Soul talk Akasha Hull In the last few decades African-American women have experienced a revival of spirituality and creative force, fashioning a unique way to connect with the divine. In "Soul Talk", Akasha Gloria Hull ex… OL4503064W
Sans Souci, and Other Stories Sans Souci, and Other Stories Dionne Brand "Each story is perfect in its own way, from the wonderful celebration of the generic Caribbean grandmother in 'Photograph' to the terrifying magic realism of 'At the Lisbon Plate'. . . This is politi… OL74230W
Bread Out of Stone Bread Out of Stone Dionne Brand <em>Bread Out of Stone</em> is an original and forceful study of race, sex and politics in contemporary culture. Personal and poetic, these essays speak of matters close to the heart of a black write… OL74233W