The Sisterhood : How a Network of Black Women Writers Changed American Culture

Name: The Sisterhood : How a Network of Black Women Writers Changed American Culture
Brand: Columbia University Press

Columbia University Press

Finalist, 2025 Frances Fuller Victor Award in General Nonfiction, Oregon Book AwardsHonorable Mention, 2024 William Sanders Scarborough Prize, Modern Language AssociationOne Sunday afternoon in February 1977, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Ntozake Shange, and several other Black women writers met at June Jordan\u2019s Brooklyn apartment to eat gumbo, drink champagne, and talk about their work. Calling themselves \u201CThe Sisterhood,\u201D the group\u2014which also came to include Audre Lorde, Paule Marshall, Margo Jefferson, and others\u2014would get together once a month over the next two years, creating a vital space for Black women to discuss literature and liberation.\nThe Sisterhood tells the story of how this remarkable community transformed American writing and cultural institutions. Drawing on original\n\nThe Sisterhood \u2013 How a Network of Black Women Writers Changed American Culture\nHow a Network of Black Women Writers Changed American Culture\nFree UK delivery on this i;