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Breaking ice: an anthology of contemporary African-American fiction
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1990.
Language
English
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From the Book
Sarah / Tina McElroy Ansa --
Looking for home / Doris Jean Austin --
My man Bovanne / Toni Cade Bambara --
Mondongo / Amiri Baraka --
Spilled salt / Barbara Neely --
My soul is a witness / Don Belton --
Johnnieruth / Becky Birtha --
The Chaneysville incident / David Bradley --
I was here but I disappeared / Wesley Brown --
Wild seed / Octavia Butler --
Muz and the sphere of memory / Xam Wilson Cartiér --
Emma / Carolyn Cole --
Lonnie's cousin / Wanda Coleman --
The life you live (may not be your own) / J. California Cooper --
Upward bound / Steven Corbin --
Stars in my pocket like grains of sand / Samuel R. Delaney --
Love story black / William Demby --
The boy with beer / Melvin Dixon --
Vibraphone / Rita Dove --
In the shadow of the peacock / Grace Edwards-Yearwood --
Platitudes / Trey Ellis --
Suder / Percival L. Everett --
De Mojo blues / Arthur Flowers --
I heard the doctor speak / Sandra Hollin Flowers --
Tomorrow / Bill Williams Forde --
In my father's house / Ernest Gaines --
A woman's place / Marita Golden --
The vampire who drinks gospel music / Peter Harris --
Snapshots of grace / Safiya Henderson-Holmes --
Surviving Christmas / Kristin Hunter --
Treemont stone / Angela Jackson --
China / Charles Johnson --
Eva's man / Gayl Jones --
Homesick blues / William Melvin Kelley --
A visitation of spirits / Randall Kenan --
Lush life / John McCluskey --
Sister Detroit / Colleen McElroy --
From Djbot Baghostus's run / Nathaniel Mackey --
Ma'dear / Terry McMillan --
A loaf of bread / James Alan McPherson --
Such was the season / Clarence Major --
Praisesong for the widow / Paule Marshall --
The upper room / Mary Monroe --
Mama day / Gloria Naylor --
Family matters / Richard Perry --
Sweet evening breeze / Darryl Pinckney --
Hoodoo / Connie Porter --
The terrible threes / Ishmael Reed --
Before echo / Fatima Shaik --
Betsey Brown / Ntozake Shange --
A feast of fools / Ellease Southerland --
Social work / Barbara Summers --
Judgment / Cliff Thompson --
The abortion / Alice Walker --
Fever / John Edgar Wideman --
Sissie / John A. Williams --
Seduction by light / Al Young.
From the Book
Sarah / Tina McElroy Ansa --
Looking for home / Doris Jean Austin --
My man Bovanne / Toni Cade Bambara --
Mondongo / Amiri Baraka --
Spilled salt / Barbara Neely --
My soul is a witness / Don Belton --
Johnnieruth / Becky Birtha --
The Chaneysville incident / David Bradley --
I was here but I disappeared / Wesley Brown --
Wild seed / Octavia Butler --
Muz and the sphere of memory / Xam Wilson Cartiér --
Emma / Carolyn Cole --
Lonnie's cousin / Wanda Coleman --
The life you live (may not be your own) / J. California Cooper --
Upward bound / Steven Corbin --
Stars in my pocket like grains of sand / Samuel R. Delaney --
Love story black / William Demby --
The boy with beer / Melvin Dixon --
Vibraphone / Rita Dove --
In the shadow of the peacock / Grace Edwards-Yearwood --
Platitudes / Trey Ellis --
Suder / Percival L. Everett --
De Mojo blues / Arthur Flowers --
I heard the doctor speak / Sandra Hollin Flowers --
Tomorrow / Bill Williams Forde --
In my father's house / Ernest Gaines --
A woman's place / Marita Golden --
The vampire who drinks gospel music / Peter Harris --
Snapshots of grace / Safiya Henderson-Holmes --
Surviving Christmas / Kristin Hunter --
Treemont stone / Angela Jackson --
China / Charles Johnson --
Eva's man / Gayl Jones --
Homesick blues / William Melvin Kelley --
A visitation of spirits / Randall Kenan --
Lush life / John McCluskey --
Sister Detroit / Colleen McElroy --
From Djbot Baghostus's run / Nathaniel Mackey --
Ma'dear / Terry McMillan --
A loaf of bread / James Alan McPherson --
Such was the season / Clarence Major --
Praisesong for the widow / Paule Marshall --
The upper room / Mary Monroe --
Mama day / Gloria Naylor --
Family matters / Richard Perry --
Sweet evening breeze / Darryl Pinckney --
Hoodoo / Connie Porter --
The terrible threes / Ishmael Reed --
Before echo / Fatima Shaik --
Betsey Brown / Ntozake Shange --
A feast of fools / Ellease Southerland --
Social work / Barbara Summers --
Judgment / Cliff Thompson --
The abortion / Alice Walker --
Fever / John Edgar Wideman --
Sissie / John A. Williams --
Seduction by light / Al Young.
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9780140116977
9780670825622
067082562
9780613014304
9780670825622
067082562
9780613014304
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