This book combines in one volume two now classic short story collections.  The editor has added a new introduction and prefatory material.

"Mary Helen Washington has had a greater impact upon the formation of the canon of Afro-American literature than has any other scholar." --The New York Times Book Review

Table of Contents:

Jean Wheeler Smith
Frankie Mae

Paulette Childress White
Alice
The Bird Cage

Toni Morrison
Seemothermotherisverynice

Paule Marshall
Reena

Gwendolyn Books
If You're Light and Have Long Hair
At the Burns-Coopers'

Gayl Jones
Asylum
Jevata

Louise Meriwether
A Happening in Barbados

Alexis DeVaux
The Riddles of Egypt Brownstone
Remember Him a Outlaw

Frency Hodges
Requiem for Willie Lee

Sherely Anne Williams
Meditaions on History

Alice Walker
A Sudden Trip Home in the Spring
Everyday Use
Advancing Luna and Ida B. Wells

Ntozake Shange
comin to terms
aw, babee, you so pretty

Toni Cade Bambara
Medley
Witchbird

DETAILS • Author: Mary Helen Washington (Editor) • Publisher: Knopf Doubleday • Format: Paperback