Book description
A collection of early, emerging works from some of today's most
celebrated African American female writers
When it was first published in 1970, The Black Woman
introduced readers to an astonishing new wave of voices that demanded
to be heard. In this groundbreaking volume of original essays, poems,
and stories, a chorus of outspoken women -- many who would become
leaders in their fields: bestselling novelist Alice Walker, poets
Audre Lorde and Nikki Giovanni, writer Paule Marshall, activist Grace
Lee Boggs, and musician Abbey Lincoln among them -- tackled issues
surrounding race and sex, body image, the economy, politics, labor,
and much more. Their words still resonate with truth, relevance, and
insight today.
