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All the women in my family sing : women write the world--essays on equality, justice, and freedom
Title:
All the women in my family sing : women write the world--essays on equality, justice, and freedom
Author:
Santana, Deborah, 1951- editor.
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
San Francisco : Nothing But the Truth, LLC, 2018.
Physical Description:
xi, 365 pages ; 22 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
Editing identity : cultural identity, gender, and sexuality: Home going / Look where you're living / Indian teritory / Klansville, USA / The bad Black / The color of transparency / From Negro to Black / AWOL WOC / Home : a transgender journey / At home in the world : immigration, migration, and the idea of home: Reclaiming indigenous space / Proof of blood / The perfect life / Swimming in the new normal / Escape from the Cambodian killing fields / This is how you do / Truth be told / Home / Stay / Trailblazers, hell-raisers, and stargazers : careers, work, and worth: The tireless indispensable / What it takes : a letter to my granddaughter / Forever, for always, for Luther / You're hired! : being African American in education / Finding home / The tunnel / Willie Dee / The payat paradox / Asian American punk / With liberty and justice for all : the struggle for social justice and equality: We are America / Hope, justice, feminism, and faith / Outlaw / The problem with evolving / What is said / Invisible women / A hairy situation / What's in a name / The girl from the ghetto / In a family way: A pink dress / Offerings / A note to the boy who was my son / Beloved Halmoni / An exceptional father / Rewriting the story / A letter to my son / Prison parenting / Scolding other people's kid / Thoughts on Mother's Day / But beautiful... the beauty myth: Doppelganger dreams / Black dolls for everyone / The gift of hair, the gift of joy / Touch and go / Invisibility / Stumbling into beauty / Not Shirley Temple curls / New Year's Day / Re-searching for a truly American art / The cure for what ails you : transcending illness and trauma: Labor of love / A photograph of Martin / Pressing pause / A kid like mine / Learning to thrive / The Black sickness / Facing fear, finding light / A woman's journey is never done : traveling far, wide, and deep: African in America / What's left in La Quebrada / From the middle room to the mountains : the artist within / When life is a crystal stair / In a world obsessed with passport tiers / Small places / The road to El Camino
ISBN:
9780997296211
Format :
Book