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Breaking ice : an anthology of contemporary African-American fiction
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Breaking ice : an anthology of contemporary African-American fiction

Author: Terry McMillan
Publisher: New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin Books, 1990.
Edition/Format: Book : Fiction : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary: A striking collection of works from authors both established and emerging, this is the first original anthology of African-American writing in over a decade. Featured contributors include: J. California Cooper, Marita Golden, Gloria Naylor, Darryl Pinckney, Ntozake Shange, Alice Walker, Ishmael Reed, Terry McMillan, and many others.
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Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Terry McMillan
ISBN: 0140116974 : 9780140116977 0613014308 9780613014304
OCLC Number: 20933714
Description: xxiv, 690 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Sarah -- Looking for home -- My man Bovanne --Mondongo -- Spilled salt -- My soul is a witness --Johnnieruth -- Chaneysville incident -- I was here but I disappeared -- Wild seed -- Muz and the sphere of memory -- Emma -- Lonnie's cousin -- Life you live (may not be your own) -- Upward bound -- Stars in my pocket like grains of sand -- Love story black -- Boy with beer -- Vibraphone -- In the shadow of the peacock -- Platitudes -- Suder -- De Mojo blues -- I heard the doctor speak -- Tomorrow -- In my father's house -- Woman's place -- Vampire who drinks gospel music -- Snapshots of grace -- Surviving Christmas -- Treemont stone -- China -- Eva's man -- Homesick blues -- Visitation of spirits -- Lush life -- Sister Detroit -- From Djbot Baghostus's run -- Ma'dear -- Loaf of bread -- Such was the season -- Praisesong for the widow -- Upper room -- Mama day -- Family matters -- Sweet evening breeze -- Hoodoo -- Terrible threes -- Before echo -- Betsey Brown -- Feast of fools -- Social work -- Judgement -- Abortion -- Fever --Sissie -- Seducton by light.
Responsibility: edited by Terry McMillan ; [with a preface by John Edgar Wideman].

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A striking collection of works from authors both established and emerging, this is the first original anthology of African-American writing in over a decade. Featured contributors include: J. California Cooper, Marita Golden, Gloria Naylor, Darryl Pinckney, Ntozake Shange, Alice Walker, Ishmael Reed, Terry McMillan, and many others.

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