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"The wisdom, rue and humor of her storytelling are borne on a lilting rhythm completely her own, the product of a born writer's senses nourished on black church singing and preaching, soft mother talk and salty street talk, and on literature: James Weldon Johnson, Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, Shakespeare and Gorki." -- "The New York Times Book Review,"
"Black, bitter and beautiful, she speaks of our survival." -- James Baldwin.
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Deals with love, death, nature, the past, sorrow, self-image, street life, memories, aging, men and women, childhood, racism, and writers.
"The wisdom, rue and humor of her storytelling are borne on a lilting rhythm completely her own, the product of a born writer's senses nourished on black church singing and preaching, soft mother talk and salty street talk, and on literature: James Weldon Johnson, Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, Shakespeare and Gorki." -- "The New York Times Book Review,"
"Black, bitter and beautiful, she speaks of our survival." -- James Baldwin.
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Deals with love, death, nature, the past, sorrow, self-image, street life, memories, aging, men and women, childhood, racism, and writers.
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