Black-eyed Susans : classic stories by and about Black women / edited and with an introduction by Mary Helen Washington.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Washington, Mary Helen, editor, writer of introduction.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Anchor Books (Garden City, N.Y.), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Short stories, American.

American fiction--African American authors.

American fiction.

American fiction--Women authors.

African American women--Fiction.

African American women.

African Americans--Fiction.

African Americans.

Genre:

Short stories, American.

Fiction.

Short stories.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Banks, Joanna (donor) (inscription) (Banks Collection copy)

Washington, Mary Helen (autograph) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xxxii, 163 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 18 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Garden City, New York : Anchor Books, 1975.

Contents:

Growing up black and female. Frankie Mae / Jean Wheeler Smith

The intimidation of color. The coming of Maureen Peal, from The bluest eye / Toni Morrison ; If you're light and have long hair, from Maud Martha / Gwendolyn Brooks

The Black woman and the myth of the white woman. The self-solace, from Maud Martha / Gwendolyn Brooks ; A happening in Barbados / Louise Meriwether

The Black mother-daughter conflict. My man Bovanne, from Gorilla, my love / Toni Cade Bambara ; Everyday use, from In love and trouble / Alice Walker

The Black woman and the disappointment of romantic love. SEEMOTHERMOTHERISVERYNICE, from The bluest eye / Toni Morrison ; Reena / Paule Marshall

Reconciliation. A sudden trip home in the spring / Alice Walker.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-163).

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy inscribed to Joanna Banks by the editor on half-title leaf.

Contains:

Coming of Maureen Peal.

Self-solace.

Happening in Barbados.

Sudden trip home in the spring.

Other Format:

Online version: Black-eyed Susans.

ISBN:

0385090439

9780385090438

OCLC:

1929220