Anthologies of African American Writing

Shaking the Tree: A Collection of New Fiction and Memoir by Black Women

"Shaking the Tree: A Collection of New Fiction and Memoir by Black Women" . Ed. Meri Nana-Ama Danquah. New York: Norton, 2003. xxi+292 pp.

"Home" from The; prisoner's wife /; asha bandele -- From; Black ice /; Lorene Cary -- From; Mama's girl /; Veronica Chambers --; From; Willow weep for me: a black woman's journey through depression /; Meri Nana-Ama Danquah --; "Children of the sea" from; Krik? Krak! /; Edwidge Danticat --; "Beginning again" from An; American story /; Debra J. Dickerson --; "Wonderful teen" from; Don't erase me /; Carolyn Ferrell --; "Markers" from; Break any woman down /; Dana Johnson --; "It's racier in the Bahamas" from; Bulletproof diva: tales of race, sex, and hair /; Lisa Jones -- From The; serpent's gift /; Helen Elaine Lee --; "July 1978" from The; book of Sarahs: a family in parts /; Catherine E. McKinley --; "What's love got to do with it?" from; Every good-bye ain't gone /; Itabari Njeri -- "The; stranger" /; ZZ Packer --; "April 1974 -- Johnson Creek" from; Stigmata /; Phyllis Alesia Perry -- From The; pagoda /; Patricia Powell --; "Leila, 1998" from; Song of the water saints /; Nelly Rosario --; "Body of Luce Rivera" from; Caucasia /; Danzy Senna --; "Wall of pain" from The; fall of Rome /; Martha Southgate -- From; Girl in the mirror: three generations of black women in motion /; Natasha Tarpley --; "Nepenthe" from; Glow in the dark /; Lisa Teasley --; "Larchmont" from; Black, white, and Jewish: autobiography of a shifting self /; Rebecca Walker --; "On our way to beautiful" from; On our way to beautiful /; Yolanda Young --; "Lover" from; Black girl in Paris /; Shay Youngblood.

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