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Black-Eyed Susans and Midnight Birds: Stories by and about Black Women

by Mary Helen Washington (Editor)

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

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Bambara, Toni Cade (Contributor)

Brooks, Gwendolyn (Contributor)

De Veaux, Alexis (Contributor)

Hodges, Frenchy (Contributor)

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Black-Eyed Susans; Classic Stories By and About Black Women by Mary Helen Washington

Midnight Birds: Stories of Contemporary Black Women Writers by Mary Helen Washington

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Disambiguation notice: "Black-Eyed Susans and Midnight Birds" is an anthology that combines the prior anthologies "Black-Eyed Susans" and "Midnight Birds."

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Languages: English
Media: Paper
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Published: 1990
Genre: Fiction and Literature
DDC/MDS: 813.0108352042
LCC: PS647 .A35 .B57

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