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Henson writes of her family, the one she was born into and the one she created. She shares stories of family, friends, the hustle required to make it from DC to Hollywood, and the joy of living in your own truth. Here she also opens up about her experiences as a single mother, a journey some saw as a burden but which she saw as a gift. With humor and candor, Henson shows us that behind the red carpet moments, she is just a girl in pursuit of her dreams....
105) Gloria Naylor
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Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Gloria Naylor.
109) Lorraine Hansberry
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Twayne's United States authors volume TUSAS 430
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Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Lorraine Hansberry.
112) Alice Walker
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Includes discussion of the following works: The third life of Grange Copeland, Meridian, The color purple, The temple of my familiar, and Possessing the secret of joy
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"The starting point for this study is the nineteenth-century Caribbean narrative The History of Mary Prince (1831). Simmons puts Prince's narrative in conversation with three twentieth-century novels: Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God, Gloria Naylor's Mama Day, and Maryse Condé's I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem. She incorporates autobiography theory to shift the critical focus from the object of study--slave histories--to the ways...
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"This groundbreaking book collects black women's personal recollections of their public and private lives during the period of legal segregation in the American South. Using first-person narratives, collected through oral history interviews, the book emphasizes women's role in their families and communities, treating women as important actors in the economic, social, cultural, and political life of the segregated South. By focusing on the commonalities...
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