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<p>From a dazzling array of well-known African American women, short fiction, poems, and personal essays that describe with warmth and humor their experiences as mothers and as daughters.<br> <br> A sparkling anthology devoted to exploring the lives of African American mothers, <i>Rise Up Singing</i> presents the stories and reflections of such beloved and respected artists, journalists, and authors as Alice Walker, Faith Ringgold, Marita Golden, Martha Southgate, Tananarive Due, Maya Angelou, Gwendolyn Brooks, Deborah Roberts, Rita Dove, and others. It features original and previously published writings, organized by editor Cecelie Berry by themes—mothering, work, family, children, community, and love—that illuminate the multiple roles of black mothers at home, in the neighborhood, and in the world as a whole.<br> <br> <i>Rise Up Singing</i> brings together the perspectives of women of different ages, backgrounds, and accomplishments. What shines through in their writings are the hopes shared by all mothers. As Marian Wright Edelman writes in the Foreword: “The mothers writing in this anthology speak in a range of voices. They are joyful, stressed, grateful, ambivalent, determined

Author

Cecelie S. Berry

Publisher

Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780385509039

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Memoir, Biography