These hands I know : African-American writers on family / edited by Afaa Michael Weaver.

Other author Weaver, Afaa M. (Afaa Michael), 1951-
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoLouisville, Ky. : Sarabande Books, ©2002.
Descriptionxi, 249 pages : portraits ; 23 cm
Subjects
African American authors--Family relationships.
African American families.
Families--United States.

Contents Introduction / Afaa Michael Weaver -- Up the hill / Henry Louis Gates, Jr. -- Roy Lee DeBerry / Jarvis Q. DeBerry -- A son in shadow / Fred D'Aguiar -- The tail of color / Honorée Fanonne Jeffers -- Keziah / Gwendolyn Brooks -- My country 'tis of thee / Della Taylor Scott -- Letter from Monticello / Lise Funderburg -- A curious absence / Trent Masiki -- My cleaning lady / Marilyn Nelson -- From I'm Katherine : a memoir / W. Warren Harper -- Peace offerings / Tara Bets -- The future in my arms / Edwidge Danticat -- Making noise / Karen Chandler -- Brothers and sisters / Alice Walker -- A racial education, part two / Gerald Early -- Fathering words / E. Ethelbert Miller -- Spirit family of the streets / Kalamu ya Salaam.
LCCN 2001054932
ISBN1889330728 (acid-free paper)