Rise Up Singing

Synopsis

From a dazzling array of well-known African American women, short fiction, poems, and personal essays that describe with warmth and humor their experiences as mothers and as daughters. A sparkling anthology devoted to exploring the lives of African American mothers, Rise Up Singing presents the stories and reflections of such beloved and respected artists, journalists, and authors as Alice Walker, Faith Ringgold, Marita Golden, Martha Southgate, Tananarive Due, Maya Angelou, Gwendolyn Brooks, Deborah Roberts, Rita Dove, and others. It features original and previously published writings, organized by editor Cecelie Berry by themes--mothering, work, family, children, community, and love--that illuminate the multiple roles of black mothers at home, in the neighborhood, and in the world as a whole. Rise Up Singing brings together the perspectives of women of different ages, backgrounds, and accomplishments. What shines through in their writings are the hopes shared by all mothers. As Marian Wright Edelman writes in the Foreword: "The mothers writing in this anthology speak in a range of voices. They are joyful, stressed, grateful, ambivalent, determined, disappointed, and, in bad ways and good, overwhelmed. But over and over again ... we see mothers struggling with the push: striving to give their children their best and to make sure the world gives their children its best, hard as that fight may be."

Copyright:

2003

Book Details

Book Quality:

Excellent

Book Size:

289 Pages

ISBN-13:

9780385509039

Publisher:

The Doubleday Religious Publishing Group

Date of Addition:

09/10/09

Copyrighted By:

Cecelie S. Berry

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family, Social Studies, Language Arts

Submitted By:

Preciss International

Proofread By:

Preciss International

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.