In the last decade, black women writers have come into their own. The voices of Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison & Alice Walker resonate throughout the world. Since the first slaves were taken from Africa to American in 1619, black women have been telling tales, singing songs & evaluating in language the world in which they have had to live. This is the story of these women, & their struggle to be heard -- from the 18th century enslaved poet, Phillis Wheatley, through the rediscovery of Zora Neale Hurston, the political activism of Angela Davis, to the gifted generation of Audre Lorde & Gloria Naylor. This book is an essential text!

Render Me My Song

Russell, Sandi

Literature & Fiction

Pandora

1990 St. Martin's Press hardcover. Sandi Russell. In the last decade, black women writers have come into their own. The voices of Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison &amp; Alice Walker resonate throughout the world. Since the first slaves were taken from Africa to American in 1619, black women have been telling tales, singing songs &amp; evaluating in language the world in which they have had to live. This is the story of these women, &amp; their struggle to be heard -- from the 18th century enslaved poet, Phillis Wheatley, through the rediscovery of Zora Neale Hurston, the political activism of Angela Davis, to the gifted generation of Audre Lorde &amp; Gloria Naylor.- Amazon

Render Me My Song: African American Women Writers from Slavery to the Present

United States

St Martins Pr

Render Me My Song: African-American Women Writers Form Slavery Ot the Present

This wonderful edition: Render Me My Song: African American Women Writers from Slavery to the Present is a joy to read. This welcome volume concisely covers its subject. From Lucy Terrys earliest recorded rhyme in 1746 to Ntozake Shanges novel of the 1980s. The author surveys the development of black women literary traditions in America. This is a vital book.

Render Me My Song: African-American Women Writers from Slavery to the Present

Literary

This essential text for newcomers and experts alike combines a broad survey of African American women's writing with a vivid critique by Sandi Russell, inspired by her discovery of her own cultural inheritance. 
This was the first book to focus on the full scope of African American women's writing and creativity. It has now been completely revised and is reissued with a new introduction. Filling as it does the growing demand for critical work on black women's writing, it is particularly suited to undergraduate courses in literature, women's studies and American studies.

History & Criticism

Pandora Pr

In the past 20 years, black women writers have finally gained the recognition they deserve with African Americans such as Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, and Alice Walkernow bestsellers all over the world. But they did not come from nowhere. Since slaves were first taken from Africa to America in 1619, black women have been telling tales, singing songs, and speaking out. For the first time the full scope of their creativity is represented here, in, among others, the 18th-century enslaved poet Phillis Wheatley, the so-called Genius of the South” Zora Neale Hurston, the political activist Angela Davis, the gifted generation of Audre Lorde and Gloria Naylor, and the contemporary voices of Ntozake Shange, Jamaica Kincaid, Toi Derricotte, and Ai. This is an essential text for newcomers and experts alike, combining a broad survey of African American women’s writing with detail and insights by an author herself deeply involved in the tradition.

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Render Me My Song

Render Me My Song: African American Women Writers from Slavery to the Present

Render Me My Song: African-American Women Writers from Slavery to the Present

Render Me My Song: African-American Women Writers from Slavery to the Present

Render Me My Song: African-American Women Writers Form Slavery Ot the Present