BLACK WOMEN WRITERS
1950 - 1980
A Critical Evaluation
edited by MARI EVANS
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"The most distinctive feature of Black Women Writers is
its organization. An organization that makes it possible to present in a single valome (a)
the writer's reflection on her work, her intentions, inspirations and goals, (b) a
substantial evaluation by two perceptive critics and (c) the hard biographical and
bibliographical data that often provide their own curb against sentimentality on one hand
and excessive speculation on the other" -Stephen Henderson, Ph.D., from the Introduction "I write
because I am a Black woman, listening attentively to her talking people" |
* A critical evaluation of Black women writers 1950 - 1980 with some excerpts
* The writers speak for themselves on motivation, influences and backround to mention some
* Included in the evaluation MAYA ANGELO * TONI CADE BAMBARA * GWENDOLYN
BROOKS * ALICE CHILDRESS *
LUCILLE CLIFTON * MARI EVANS * NIKKI GIOVANNI * GAYL
JONES * AUDRE LORDE * PAULE MARSHALL * TONI MORRISON *
CAROLYN RODGERS * SONIA SANCHEZ * MARGARET WALKER
* Includes biographical sketches
Mari Evans, editor of this volume and herself the subject of one of the selections, is
the author of the critically acclaimed
collection of poetry I Am a Black Woman.
BLACK WOMEN
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Softcover 526 pages, 543 with notes
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