Black Women Writers at Work by Claudia Tate, Eve L. Ewing, Ma... - 9781642598742

Black Women Writers at WorkAuthor(s): Claudia Tate, Eve L. Ewing, Maya Angelou, Toni Cade Bambara, Gwendolyn Brooks, Alexis De Veaux, Nikki Giovanni, Kristin Hunter, Gayl Jones, Audre Lorde\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Haymarket Books, United States\nImprint: Haymarket Books\nISBN-13: 9781642598742, 978-1642598742\nSynopsis\nBlack women writers and critics are acting on the old adage that one must speak for oneself if one wishes to be heard. Claudia Tate, from the introduction\n\nLong out-of-print, Black Women Writers At Work is a vital contribution to Black literature in the 20th century. Through candid interviews with Maya Angelou, Toni Cade Bambara, Gwendolyn Brooks. Alexis Deveaux, Nikki Giovanni, Kristin Hunter, Gayl Jones, Audre Lorde, Toni Morrison, Tillie Olson, Sonia Sanchez, Ntozake Shange, Alice Walker, Margret Walker, and Shirley Anne Williams, the book highlights the practices and critical linkages between the work and lived experiences of Black women writers whose work.