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Title: Memory of Kin : Stories about Family by Black Writers
Publisher: Doubleday Religious Publishing Group, The
Publication Date: 1990
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0385247826
ISBN 13: 9780385247825
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st.
Condition: Good
Weight: 1.402 pounds

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Gathers stories and poems by Ernest J. Gaines, Alice Walker, Charles Chesnutt, Langston Hughes, James Baldwin, and Rudolph Fisher

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YA-- This collection of 19 stories, 12 poems, and 15 critical commentaries offers YAs a fertile field to explore when they think about the concept of family. Shattering the myth of the ideal family, these pieces deal with the ever-shifting struggles of American blacks to maintain family patterns . Probing black traditions, cultural patterns, and dialects, the writers paint pictures of as many different families as there are stories and poems in this volume. While most of the selections are from a female viewpoint, readers do have opportunities to see the experience of the black male as well. Students of all ethnic origins will better understand the storyof American blacks if they listen to the voices Washington has assembled here.
- Margaret C. Nolan, W. T. Woodson High School, Fairfax, VA
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

This is an anthology of short stories and poems by black writers that allows readers to challenge their traditional views of the family. Works by Alice Walker, James Baldwin, Rita Dove, Charles Chesnutt, and Paule Marshall show readers how to deal with familial tensions and how to appreciate their own kin. As Washington notes in her introduction, "The story of family has inspired some of the very best writing by black writers." Hers is a refreshing approach that will leave readers full of emotion and an unsatisfied yearning for more.
- Gayle S. Leach, Wayne State Univ. Lib., Detroit
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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