Bibliograph

All the women in my family sing, women write the world--essays on equality, justice, and freedom, edited by Deborah Santana

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All the women in my family sing, women write the world--essays on equality, justice, and freedom, edited by Deborah Santana

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

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contains biographical information

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

All the women in my family sing

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

982093711

Responsibility statement

edited by Deborah Santana

Series statement

Nothing But the Truth So Help Me God

Sub title

women write the world--essays on equality, justice, and freedom

Summary

"An anthology [of prose and poetry] documenting the experiences of women of color at the dawn of the twenty-first century ... whose topics range from the pressures of being the vice-president of a Fortune 500 Company, to escaping the killing fields of Cambodia, to the struggles inside immigration, identity, romance, and self-worth"--, Amazon.com

Table Of Contents

Foreword / by Deborah Santana -- Editing identity : cultural identity, gender, and sexuality. Home going / Natalie Baszile ; look where you're living / Maria Ramos-Chertok ; Indian teritory / Eliana Ramage ; Klansville, USA / Camille Hayes ; The bad Black / Randi Bryant-Agenbroad ; The color of transparency / Shyla Margaret Machanda ; From Negro to Black / La Rhonda Crosby-Johnson ; AWOL WOC / Janine Shiota ; Home : a transgender journey / Mila Jam -- At home in the world : immigration, migration, and the idea of home. Reclaiming indigenous space / Blaire Topash-Caldwell ; Proof of blood / Sara Marchant ; The perfect life / Fabiana Monteiro ; Swimming in the new normal / Shizue Seigel ; Escape from the Cambodian killing fields / Tammy Thea ; This is how you do / Phiroozeh Petigara ; Truth be told / Sridevi Ramanathan ; Home / Porochista Khakpour ; Stay / Michelle Mush Lee -- Trailblazers, hell-raisers, and stargazers : careers, work, and worth. The tireless indispensable / Marian Wright Edelman ; What it takes : a letter to my granddaughter / Belva Davis ; Forever, for always, for Luther / Deborah J. McDuffie ; You're hired! : being African American in education / Dr. K.E. Garland ; Finding home / Kelly Woolfolk ; The tunnel / Veronica Kugler ; Willie Dee / Lalita Tademy ; The payat paradox / Charina Lumley ; Asian American punk / Want Chyi -- With liberty and justice for all : the struggle for social justice and equality. We are America / America Ferrara ; Hope, justice, feminism, and faith / Dr. Musimbi Kanyoro ; Outlaw / Matilda Smith ; The problem with evolving / Ethel Morgan Smith ; What is said / Hope Wabuke ; Invisible women / Menen Hailu ; A hairy situation / Wanda M. Holland Greene ; What's in a name / V.V. Ganeshananthan ; The girl from the ghetto / Deborah L. Plummer -- In a family way: Family and friendship. A pink dress / Jennifer De Leon ; Offerings / Jaime Leon Lin-Yu ; A note to the boy who was my son / Tara Dorabji ; Beloved Halmoni / Miriam Ching Yoon Louie ; An exceptional father / Vicki L. Ward ; Rewriting the story / Meilan Carter-Gilkey ; A letter to my son / Nuris Terrero ; Prison parenting / Rhonda Turpin ; Scolding other people's kids / Soniah Kamal ; Thoughts on Mother's Day / Nayomi Munaweera -- But beautiful... the beauty myth. Doppelganger dreams / Nari Kirk ; Black dolls for everyone / Mercy L. Tullis-Bukhari ; The gift of hair, the gift of joy / Emma McElvaney Talbott ; Touch and go / Maroula Blades ; Invisibility / Nikki Abramson ; Stumbling into beauty / Charmaine Marie Branch ; Not Shirley Temple curls / Dera R. Williams ; New Year's Day / Nira A. Hyman ; Re-searching for a truly American art / Terezita Romo -- The cure for what ails you : transcending illness and trauma. Labor of love / Samina Ali ; A photograph of Martin / Marti Paschal ; Pressing pause / Meera Bowman-Johnson ; A kid like mine / Kristin Leavy Miller ; Learning to thrive / Kira Lynne Allen ; The Black sickness / Jordan Johnson ; Facing fear, finding light / Lisa A. Jones -- A woman's journey is never done : traveling far, wide, and deep. African in America / Ugochi Egonu ; What's left in La Quebrada / Yessenia Funes ; From the middle room to the mountains : the artist within / Nashormeh Lindo -- When life is a crystal stair / Rita Roberts-Turner ; In a world obsessed with passport tiers / Robtel Neajai Pailey ; Small places / Roshila Nair ; The road to El Camino / Denise Diaab

Target audience

adult

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Women write the world--essays on equality, justice, and freedom

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