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The Resource Black ink : literary legends on the peril, power and pleasure of reading and writing, edited by Stephanie Stokes Oliver ; foreword by Nikki Giovanni

Black ink : literary legends on the peril, power and pleasure of reading and writing, edited by Stephanie Stokes Oliver ; foreword by Nikki Giovanni

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Summary
"Spanning 250 years, this carefully-curated collection of 25 essays features the earliest Black authors who wrote as means of resistance in a time when their literacy was illegal and the brilliant writers who have continued their legacy--utilizing the power of the written word to create change, insert a diversity of experience into the "mainstream," and make a profound impact on our communities and the world"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First 37 Ink/Atria books hardcover edition.
Extent
xxiv, 244 pages
Contents
  • Suspected of having a book / Frederick Douglass
  • Nine years deprived of a sheet of paper / Solomon Northup
  • A whole race begins to read / Booker T. Washington
  • The Negro in literature and art / W.E.B. Du Bois
  • Books and things / Zora Neale Hurston
  • Poetry is practical / Langston Hughes
  • The business of the writer
  • James Baldwin
  • Turning point / Malcolm X
  • Lessons in living / Maya Angelou
  • Morehouse College / Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • The site of memory / Toni Morrison
  • Where are the people of color in children's books? / Walter Dean Myers
  • Reading for revolution / Stokely Carmichael [Kwame Ture]
  • Twenty-one / Alice Walker
  • A temporary library in a small place / Jamaica Kincaid
  • What is an African American Classic? / Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
  • The new black scribe / Terry McMillan
  • Patter and patois / Walter Mosley
  • MFA vs. POC / Junot Diaz
  • Create dangerously / Edwidge Danticat
  • From Jamaica to Minnesota to myself / Marlon James
  • I Once Was Miss America / Roxane Gay
  • The Mecca / Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • The Danger of the Single Story / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  • Poem : I Need to Write ... / J. Ivy [James Ivy Richardson II]
Isbn
9781501154294
Instance
Label
Black ink : literary legends on the peril, power and pleasure of reading and writing
Title
Black ink
Title remainder
literary legends on the peril, power and pleasure of reading and writing
Statement of responsibility
edited by Stephanie Stokes Oliver ; foreword by Nikki Giovanni
Contributor
Editor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"Spanning 250 years, this carefully-curated collection of 25 essays features the earliest Black authors who wrote as means of resistance in a time when their literacy was illegal and the brilliant writers who have continued their legacy--utilizing the power of the written word to create change, insert a diversity of experience into the "mainstream," and make a profound impact on our communities and the world"--
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Provided by publishers
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Dewey number
305.896/073
Index
index present
LC call number
E184.6
LC item number
.B475 2018
Literary form
essays
Nature of contents
bibliography
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  • Oliver, Stephanie Stokes
  • Giovanni, Nikki
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  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • Literacy
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • Obama, Barack
  • Schwarze, ..
  • University of South Alabama
  • LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
  • LITERARY COLLECTIONS
  • LITERARY CRITICISM
  • African Americans
  • African Americans in literature
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • American literature
  • American literature
  • American literature
  • American literature
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • African Americans in literature
  • Leesen
  • Literatur
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Label
Black ink : literary legends on the peril, power and pleasure of reading and writing, edited by Stephanie Stokes Oliver ; foreword by Nikki Giovanni
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
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volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Suspected of having a book / Frederick Douglass -- Nine years deprived of a sheet of paper / Solomon Northup -- A whole race begins to read / Booker T. Washington -- The Negro in literature and art / W.E.B. Du Bois -- Books and things / Zora Neale Hurston -- Poetry is practical / Langston Hughes -- The business of the writer -- James Baldwin -- Turning point / Malcolm X -- Lessons in living / Maya Angelou -- Morehouse College / Martin Luther King, Jr. -- The site of memory / Toni Morrison -- Where are the people of color in children's books? / Walter Dean Myers -- Reading for revolution / Stokely Carmichael [Kwame Ture] -- Twenty-one / Alice Walker -- A temporary library in a small place / Jamaica Kincaid -- What is an African American Classic? / Henry Louis Gates, Jr. -- The new black scribe / Terry McMillan -- Patter and patois / Walter Mosley -- MFA vs. POC / Junot Diaz -- Create dangerously / Edwidge Danticat -- From Jamaica to Minnesota to myself / Marlon James -- I Once Was Miss America / Roxane Gay -- The Mecca / Ta-Nehisi Coates -- The Danger of the Single Story / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -- Poem : I Need to Write ... / J. Ivy [James Ivy Richardson II]
Control code
989963941
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First 37 Ink/Atria books hardcover edition.
Extent
xxiv, 244 pages
Isbn
9781501154294
Lccn
2017055164
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other control number
99975114008
System control number
(OCoLC)989963941
Label
Black ink : literary legends on the peril, power and pleasure of reading and writing, edited by Stephanie Stokes Oliver ; foreword by Nikki Giovanni
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Suspected of having a book / Frederick Douglass -- Nine years deprived of a sheet of paper / Solomon Northup -- A whole race begins to read / Booker T. Washington -- The Negro in literature and art / W.E.B. Du Bois -- Books and things / Zora Neale Hurston -- Poetry is practical / Langston Hughes -- The business of the writer -- James Baldwin -- Turning point / Malcolm X -- Lessons in living / Maya Angelou -- Morehouse College / Martin Luther King, Jr. -- The site of memory / Toni Morrison -- Where are the people of color in children's books? / Walter Dean Myers -- Reading for revolution / Stokely Carmichael [Kwame Ture] -- Twenty-one / Alice Walker -- A temporary library in a small place / Jamaica Kincaid -- What is an African American Classic? / Henry Louis Gates, Jr. -- The new black scribe / Terry McMillan -- Patter and patois / Walter Mosley -- MFA vs. POC / Junot Diaz -- Create dangerously / Edwidge Danticat -- From Jamaica to Minnesota to myself / Marlon James -- I Once Was Miss America / Roxane Gay -- The Mecca / Ta-Nehisi Coates -- The Danger of the Single Story / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -- Poem : I Need to Write ... / J. Ivy [James Ivy Richardson II]
Control code
989963941
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First 37 Ink/Atria books hardcover edition.
Extent
xxiv, 244 pages
Isbn
9781501154294
Lccn
2017055164
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other control number
99975114008
System control number
(OCoLC)989963941

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