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Does your mama know? : an anthology of Black lesbian coming out stories / edited by Lisa C. Moore.
Van Pelt Library PS648.L47 D64 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American lesbians--Fiction.
- African American lesbians.
- Coming out (Sexual orientation)--Fiction.
- Coming out (Sexual orientation).
- American fiction--African American authors.
- American fiction.
- American fiction--Women authors.
- Lesbians' writings, American.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Short stories.
- Physical Description:
- iv, 314 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Decatur, GA : RedBone Press, [1997].
- Contents:
- 1985: memories of my coming out year / Hope Massiah
- A letter for life / Arlene Williams
- A path to wholeness / Martine C. Barbier
- A short account of my behavior / Terri Jewell
- And now they know / Sheree Slaughter
- Be still and know / Brigitte M. Roberts
- Bed of thorns / Gale "Sky" Edeawo
- Bird of paradise / Alexis De Veaux
- Bits and pieces / Imani Henry
- Black triangles, rainbows and dykes / L.K. Barnett
- cabaret / mistinguette
- Class reunion / Liza Wesley
- Cleo's gone / Gwendolyn Bikis
- Coming out story / Michele Hunter
- From a lesbian womb into a lesbian world: coming out / Laura Irene Wayne
- Halfway home: interview with Katherine James / Denise Moore
- I guess I never will / Tonda Clarke
- I lost it at the movies / Jewelle Gomez
- Interview with Stephanie Byrd / Terri Jewell
- It happened one Sunday afternoon / L.K. Barnett
- Johnnieruth / Becky Birtha Lavender sheep in the fold / Donna Allegra
- Letter to Carolyn / Michelle Wilkinson
- Long way home / Tiffani Frazier
- Man royals and Sodomites: some thoughts on the invisibility of Afro-Caribbean lesbians / Makeda Silvera
- Mavis writes in her journal / Cheryl Clarke
- Me, growing up, (part 1) / Letta Neely
- Miss Ruth / Terri Jewell
- Mommy always knows / Kimberly "Q" Purnell
- Mothers know / Shay Youngblood
- No half steppin' / Shilanda Woolridge
- notes to momma / akhaji zakiya
- Pure / Tonia Bryan
- Q & A / Karen Thompson
- Spice / Mattie Richardson
- that beat / sharon bridgforth
- The journey / Ekua Omosupe
- The making of an orphan: the death of a daughter's place in the family / sherece taffe
- The woman in me / Roxane Gay
- The words I know, the way I understand / Tonia Bryan
- This is not done / Michele Hunter
- this lesbian poem / akhaji zakiya
- untitled Nailah Taliba Tulinegwe
- untitled (4/'91) / Renita Martin
- Waiting to exhale: interview with Gina Taylor / Denise A. Moore
- we will not talk about this / Eva Yaa Asantewaa
- When I was a little girl / Lena-Nsomeka Gomes
- Without thinking / Liz Messerly
- You ask why I stayed married all those years / mistinguette.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-298).
- Lambda Literary Awards - Lesbian Studies, Winner, 1998
- Lambda Literary Awards - Small Press, Winner, 1998
- Other Format:
- Online version: Does your mama know?
- ISBN:
- 9780965665902
- 0965665909
- OCLC:
- 37424646
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