Author: Alan LomaxPublisher: Pantheon
ISBN:
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
A collection of calypso, a uniquely West Indian musical expression.
Author: Nalo HopkinsonBrown Girl in the Ring
Author: Valerie Mason-JohnPublisher:
ISBN: 9780952578918
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Named as Britain's black gay icon and one of its most adventurous performance artists by the black media, Valerie Mason-John is a TV presenter actor, performance poet, writer, club promoter and a director of the Pride Trust. This is a unique collection of her writings and thoughts.
Parable of the Brown Girl
Author: Khristi Lauren AdamsPublisher: Fortress Press
ISBN: 1506455697
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
The stories of girls of color are often overlooked, unseen, and ignored rather than valued and heard. In Parable of the Brown Girl, minister and youth advocate Khristi Lauren Adams introduces readers to the resilience, struggle, and hope held within these stories. Instead of relegating these young women of color to the margins, Adams bring their stories front and center where they belong. By sharing encounters she's had with girls of color that revealed profound cultural and theological truths, Adams magnifies the struggles, dreams, wisdom, and dignity of these voices. Thought-provoking and inspirational, Parable of the Brown Girl is a powerful example of how God uses the narratives we most often ignore to teach us the most important lessons in life. It's time to pay attention.
Brown Girl, Brownstones
Author: Paule MarshallPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486118606
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Set in Brooklyn during the Depression and World War II, this 1953 coming-of-age novel centers on the daughter of Barbadian immigrants. "Passionate, compelling." — Saturday Review. "Remarkable for its courage." — The New Yorker.
The New Moon's Arms
Author: Nalo HopkinsonPublisher: Grand Central Pub
ISBN: 0446576913
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
"A mainstream magical realism novel set in the Caribbean on the fictional island of Dolorosse. It tells the story of a 50-something grandmother whose mother disappeared when she was a teenager and whose father has just passed away as she begins menopause.
Brown Girl Dreaming
Author: Jacqueline WoodsonPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0147515823
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Jacqueline Woodson's National Book Award and Newbery Honor winner is a powerful memoir that tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse. A President Obama "O" Book Club pick Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. Touching and powerful, each poem is both accessible and emotionally charged, each line a glimpse into a child’s soul as she searches for her place in the world. Woodson’s eloquent poetry also reflects the joy of finding her voice through writing stories, despite the fact that she struggled with reading as a child. Her love of stories inspired her and stayed with her, creating the first sparks of the gifted writer she was to become. Includes 7 additional poems, including "Brown Girl Dreaming." Praise for Jacqueline Woodson: "Ms. Woodson writes with a sure understanding of the thoughts of young people, offering a poetic, eloquent narrative that is not simply a story . . . but a mature exploration of grown-up issues and self-discovery.”—The New York Times Book Review
Brown Girl in the Ring
Author: Olukemi OgunyemiPublisher:
ISBN: 9781800310650
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
Olukemi Ogunyemi is a highly successful body therapist, who also speaks and blogs on racism and transgender issues (http: //olukemiogunyemi.com). In this, her first book, she tells of her momentous struggle growing up as a mixed-race child in Scotland. She describes, in horrific, gut-wrenching detail, the treatment she received at the hands of the so-called 'good people' of Scotland; acts of racism that continued into adulthood and wreaked havoc for her as a wife and a mother of four children. Her captivating story calls out unconscious, racial bias - even in her own family - but through the obvious pain and suffering, she still allows her sense of humour and her deep love for her husband and her children to shine through. Not content with just telling her story, Ogunyemi spells out her quest to tackle racism head-on, but not with a 'call to arms'. Forget anger and finger-pointing and think more sit-down chat with someone who understands. She lives and breathes compassion, not blame. Brown Girl in the Ring is a beautifully crafted, deeply personal memoir; not only is it the ultimate message on how to put an end to racism, it is a true story for our times.
Brown Girl in the Ring
Author: Nalo HopkinsonPublisher: Hachette+ORM
ISBN: 0759520445
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
In this "impressive debut" from award-winning speculative fiction author Nalo Hopkinson, a young woman must solve the tragic mystery surrounding her family and bargain with the gods to save her city and herself. (The Washington Post) The rich and privileged have fled the city, barricaded it behind roadblocks, and left it to crumble. The inner city has had to rediscover old ways -- farming, barter, herb lore. But now the monied need a harvest of bodies, and so they prey upon the helpless of the streets. With nowhere to turn, a young woman must open herself to ancient truths, eternal powers, and the tragic mystery surrounding her mother and grandmother. She must bargain with gods, and give birth to new legends.
Author: Morgan Schatz Blackrose