Home girls :
Home girls : a Black feminist anthology /
edited by Barbara Smith.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Kitchen Table--Women of Color Press, c1983.
- lviii, 377 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
For a godchild, Regina, on the occasion of her first love ; The damned ; Hester's song / The sisters / Debra / If I could write this in fire, I would write this in fire / The blood--yes, the blood : a conversation / Something Latino was up with us / "I used to think" / The black back-ups / Home / "Under the days" : the buried life and poetry of Angelina Weld Grimké / The black lesbian in American literature : an overview / Artists without art form / I've been thinking of Diana Sands / A cultural legacy denied and discovered : black lesbians in fiction by women / What it is I think she's doing anyhow : a reading of Toni Cade Bambara's The salt eaters / Tar Beach / Cat / Before I dress and soar again / LeRoy's birthday / The wedding / Maria de las Rosas / Miss Esther's land / The failure to transform : homophobia in the black community / Where will you be? / Among the things that use to be / From sea to shining sea / Women of summer / The tired poem : last letter from a typical unemployed black professional woman / Shoes are made for walking / Billy de Lye / The Combahee River Collective statement / Black macho and black feminism / Black lesbian/feminist organizing : a conversation / For strong women / The black goddess / Women's spirituality : a household act / Only justice can stop a curse / Coalition politics : turning the century / Toi Derricotte -- Alexis De Veaux -- Michelle T. Clinton -- Michelle Cliff -- Cenen and Barbara Smith -- Spring Redd -- Chirlane McCray -- Donna Kate Rushin -- Barbara Smith. Gloria T. Hull -- Ann Allen Shockley -- Renita Weems -- Patricia Jones -- Jewelle L. Gomez -- Gloria T. Hull. Audre Lorde -- Julie Carter -- Donna Allegra -- Raymina Y. Mays -- Beverly Smith -- Becky Birtha -- Barbara A. Banks -- Cheryl Clarke -- Pat Parker. Willie M. Coleman -- June Jordan -- Cheryl Clarke -- Donna Kate Rushin -- Shirley O. Steele -- Deidre McCalla -- Combahee River Collective -- Linda C. Powell -- Tania Abdulahad, Gwendolyn Rogers, Barbara Smith, Jameelah Waheed -- Michelle T. Clinton -- Donna Kate Rushin -- Luisah Teish -- Alice Walker -- Bernice Johnson Reagon. The blood, yes, the blood. Artists without art form. Black lesbians--who will fight for our lives but us? A home girls' album. Selected photographs. A hell of a place to ferment a revolution.
0913175021 (pbk.) : $10.95 9780913175026 0913175196 9780913175194
84168087
African American women.
African American women--Literary collections.
Feminism--Literary collections.
Feminism--United States.
E185.86 / .H7 1983
305.4/8896073
Includes bibliographical references.
For a godchild, Regina, on the occasion of her first love ; The damned ; Hester's song / The sisters / Debra / If I could write this in fire, I would write this in fire / The blood--yes, the blood : a conversation / Something Latino was up with us / "I used to think" / The black back-ups / Home / "Under the days" : the buried life and poetry of Angelina Weld Grimké / The black lesbian in American literature : an overview / Artists without art form / I've been thinking of Diana Sands / A cultural legacy denied and discovered : black lesbians in fiction by women / What it is I think she's doing anyhow : a reading of Toni Cade Bambara's The salt eaters / Tar Beach / Cat / Before I dress and soar again / LeRoy's birthday / The wedding / Maria de las Rosas / Miss Esther's land / The failure to transform : homophobia in the black community / Where will you be? / Among the things that use to be / From sea to shining sea / Women of summer / The tired poem : last letter from a typical unemployed black professional woman / Shoes are made for walking / Billy de Lye / The Combahee River Collective statement / Black macho and black feminism / Black lesbian/feminist organizing : a conversation / For strong women / The black goddess / Women's spirituality : a household act / Only justice can stop a curse / Coalition politics : turning the century / Toi Derricotte -- Alexis De Veaux -- Michelle T. Clinton -- Michelle Cliff -- Cenen and Barbara Smith -- Spring Redd -- Chirlane McCray -- Donna Kate Rushin -- Barbara Smith. Gloria T. Hull -- Ann Allen Shockley -- Renita Weems -- Patricia Jones -- Jewelle L. Gomez -- Gloria T. Hull. Audre Lorde -- Julie Carter -- Donna Allegra -- Raymina Y. Mays -- Beverly Smith -- Becky Birtha -- Barbara A. Banks -- Cheryl Clarke -- Pat Parker. Willie M. Coleman -- June Jordan -- Cheryl Clarke -- Donna Kate Rushin -- Shirley O. Steele -- Deidre McCalla -- Combahee River Collective -- Linda C. Powell -- Tania Abdulahad, Gwendolyn Rogers, Barbara Smith, Jameelah Waheed -- Michelle T. Clinton -- Donna Kate Rushin -- Luisah Teish -- Alice Walker -- Bernice Johnson Reagon. The blood, yes, the blood. Artists without art form. Black lesbians--who will fight for our lives but us? A home girls' album. Selected photographs. A hell of a place to ferment a revolution.
0913175021 (pbk.) : $10.95 9780913175026 0913175196 9780913175194
84168087
African American women.
African American women--Literary collections.
Feminism--Literary collections.
Feminism--United States.
E185.86 / .H7 1983
305.4/8896073