Gwendolyn Brooks Bücher

»Maud Martha Brown« von Gwendolyn Brooks erzählt das Leben einer jungen Schwarzen Frau in den 1920ern in Chicago. Zwischen Träumen von New York, erster Liebe und familiären Herausforderungen konfrontiert sie den allgegenwärtigen Rassismus. In eindringlichen Vignetten entsteht ein eindrucksvolles Porträt ihrer Welt.

Brimming over with the inspirational words and thoughts of some of our finest writers, Cries of the Spirit is a beautiful sourcebook of poetry and prose in praise of life and all that it entails. Here women's voices fill the age-old silence about matters central to their experience-from menstruation, sexual intimacy, and childbirth to caretaking, household rituals, and death. These writings represent a healing vision of the sacred that emerges from the particular consciousness of women-a vision that partakes of the world of earth and flesh.

A classic anthology of short stories by Black writers including James Baldwin, Zora Neale Hurston, and Richard Wright -- edited and with an introduction by Langston Hughes. Originally published in 1967, The Best Short Stories by Black Writers offers a timeless and unforgettable portrait of the tragedy, comedy, triumph, and suffering that were part of African American life from 1899 to 1967.