LEADER 04113nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910815057003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-48580-6 010 $a9786612485800 010 $a1-60473-471-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000816870 035 $a(EBL)515592 035 $a(OCoLC)472605739 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000342858 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11247814 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000342858 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10285711 035 $a(PQKB)10430326 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000204113 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC515592 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse13709 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL515592 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10340776 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL248476 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000816870 100 $a20090103d2009 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aShaping memories $ereflections of African American women writers /$fedited by Joanne Veal Gabbin 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aJackson $cUniversity Press of Mississippi$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (262 p.) 300 $a"The essayists featured here are members of the Wintergreen Women Writers' Collective"--Introd. 311 $a1-60473-274-1 327 $tA distant star called possibility : Wintergreen /$rNikki Giovanni --$tWintergreen and alaga syrup : a writer's reflections on memory, writing, and place /$rCarmen R. Gillespie --$tFrom "Shaping the world of my art" /$rPaule Marshall --$tOutside of dreams /$rEthel Morgan Smith --$tThe case of the reluctant reader : she who reads last-- /$rSandra Y. Govan --$tParting the blue miasma /$rKendra Hamilton --$tNew kid on the block /$rJoanne Veal Gabbin --$tObstacles or opportunities : the wisdom to know the difference /$rElizabeth Brown-Guillory --$tThe faith walk of writing : connecting head and heart /$rMarilyn Sanders Mobley --$tOn my return from exile /$rLinda Williamson Nelson --$tOf history and healing /$rJanus Adams --$tThe conscientious outsider /$rCamille Dungy --$tThe mother's board /$rOpal Moore --$tMy father's passage /$rMari Evans --$tA blessed life /$rMaryemma Graham --$tA birth and a death, or Everything important happens on Monday /$rDaryl Cumber Dance --$tAmbrosia /$rNikky Finney --$tCotton pickin' authority /$rTrudier Harris --$tThe first time I saw Big Daddy grinning /$rLovalerie King --$tOn gardening, or A love supreme /$rJoyce Pettis --$tA very good year /$rHermine Pinson --$tBury the thought /$rKarla FC Holloway --$tThe death of the mother /$rEugenia Collier --$tA remembrance /$rSonia Sanchez --$tThe night I stopped singing like Billie Holiday /$rToi Derricotte --$tAfterword: Rites, rituals, and creative ceremonies : a social history of the Wintergreen Women Writers' Collective /$rSandra Y. Govan --$tPoetry reading : a coda /$rOpal Moore. 330 $aShaping Memories offers short essays by notable black women writers on pivotal moments that strongly influenced their careers. With contributions from such figures as novelist Paule Marshall, folklorist Daryl Cumber Dance, poets Mari Evans and Camille Dungy, essayist Ethel Morgan Smith, and scholar Maryemma Graham, the anthology provides a thorough overview of the formal concerns and thematic issues facing contemporary black women writers. Editor Joanne Veal Gabbin offers an introduction that places these writers in the context of American literature in general and African American literature 606 $aAfrican American women authors$y20th century$vBiography 606 $aAmerican literature$xAfrican American authors$y20th century 606 $aAuthorship 615 0$aAfrican American women authors 615 0$aAmerican literature$xAfrican American authors 615 0$aAuthorship. 676 $a810.9928708996073 701 $aGabbin$b Joanne V$01636312 712 02$aWintergreen Women Writers' Collective. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815057003321 996 $aShaping memories$93977517 997 $aUNINA