Rise up singing : Black women writers on motherhood / edited by Cecelie S. Berry.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Berry, Cecelie S., editor.

Edelman, Marian Wright, writer of foreword.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mothers--Literary collections.

Mothers.

Women and literature.

African American women authors--Biography.

African American women authors.

Mother and child.

United States.

Motherhood--Literary collections.

Motherhood.

Mother and child--Literary collections.

African American women--Literary collections.

African American women.

American literature--African American authors.

American literature.

Women and literature--United States.

American literature--Women authors.

Mother and child--United States.

Genre:

Literary collections.

Biographies.

Literature.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

12 unnumbered pages,290 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First Harlem Moon trade paperback edition.

Other Title:

Black women writers on motherhood

Place of Publication:

New York : Published by Harlem Moon, an imprint of Broadway Books, 2004.

Summary:

A sparkling anthology devoted to exploring the lives of African-American mothers, "Rise Up Singing" 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, and Rita Dove.

Contents:

Section I. Aria of the Matriarch Our grandmothers / Maya Angelou. Ernestine: a granddaughter's memories / Jewell Parker Rhodes. My daughters and me / Faith Ringgold. Margaret: a mother for all seasons / Jewelle Taylor Gibbs. Every day use / Alice Walker. Nineteen thirty-seven / Edwidge Danticat

Section II. Dream Song: A Mother's Interior World. Daystar / Rita Dove. Mother / Andrea Lee. Slip and fall / Cecelie S. Berry. An unnatural woman / Martha Southgate. When wild southern women raise daughters / Evelyn Coleman. Unmasking step-motherhood / Deborah Roberts. The complex mathematics of mothering / AJ Verdelle. Goin' round the bend / Melba Newsome

Section III. Torch Song for Mother and Child. the lost baby poem / Lucille Clifton. Many rivers to cross / June Jordan. Mother, unconceived / Erin Aubry Kaplan. Good night moon / Felicia Ward. Mother's house / Tananarive Due. Linda Devine's daughters / Carolyn Ferrell

Section IV. The Round: Rowing Gently Down the Stream. from "The children of the poor," verse 6 / Gwendolyn Brooks. Dancer of the world / Patricia Smith. A miracle every day / Marita Golden. Elementary lessons / Rita Coburn Whack. My girl / Bethany M. Allen. Welcome to the world / Dawn Turner Trice. Too blessed to be stressed / Reverend Dr. Suzan D. Johnson Cook. A new balance / Florence Ladd. Journeys / Maxine Clair.

Notes:

"First Halem Moon trade paperback edition published 2004."

Originally published in hardcover in 2004 by Doubleday, a division of Random House ..."

"Book design by Gretchen Achilles."

Foreword by Marian Wright Edelman (pages 1-3).

"Cover design by Nneka Bennett. Cover image of Grandmother, Mother, and Girl by Michael Krasowitz/ Taxi

American Book Awards, Winner, 2005

Local Notes:

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

ISBN:

0767914686

9780767914680

OCLC:

60396713

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