Breaking Ice : An Anthology of Contemporary African-American Fiction

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Pub. Date: 1990-10-01
Publisher(s): Penguin Books
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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.

Author Biography

Terry McMillan is the critically acclaimed, award-winning author of five previous novels and recipient of the Essence Award for Excellence in Literature.

Table of Contents

Preface v
John Edgar Wideman
Introduction xv
Terry McMillan
Sarah
1(20)
Tina McElroy Ansa
Looking for Home
21(12)
Doris Jean Austin
My Man Bovanne
33(6)
Toni Cade Bambara
Mondongo
39(17)
Amiri Baraka
Spilled Salt
56(9)
Barbara Neely
My Soul is a Witness
65(6)
Don Belton
Johnnieruth
71(6)
Becky Birtha
The Chaneysville Incident
77(10)
David Bradley
I Was Here But I Disappeared
87(15)
Wesley Brown
Wild Seed
102(16)
Octavia Butler
Muz and the Sphere of Memory
118(9)
Xam Wilson Cartier
Emma
127(12)
Carolyn Cole
Lonnie's Cousin
139(7)
Wanda Coleman
The Life You Live (May Not Be Your Own)
146(18)
J. California Cooper
Upward Bound
164(14)
Steven Corbin
Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand
178(16)
Samuel R. Delany
Love Story Black
194(14)
William Demby
The Boy With Beer
208(10)
Melvin Dixon
The Vibraphone
218(13)
Rita Dove
In the Shadow of the Peacock
231(12)
Grace Edwards-Yearwood
Platitudes
243(10)
Trey Ellis
Suder
253(12)
Percival L. Everett
De Mojo Blues
265(9)
Arthur Flowers
I Heard the Doctor Speak
274(11)
Sandra Hollin Flowers
Tomorrow
285(12)
Bill Williams Forde
In My Father's House
297(10)
Ernest Gaines
A Woman's Place
307(12)
Marita Golden
The Vampire Who Drinks Gospel Music
319(12)
Peter Harris
Snapshots of Grace
331(12)
Safiya Henderson-Holmes
Surviving Christmas
343(10)
Kristin Hunter
Treemont Stone
353(16)
Angela Jackson
China
369(17)
Charles Johnson
Eva's Man
386(10)
Gayl Jones
Homesick Blues
396(9)
William Melvin Kelley
A Visitation of Spirits
405(13)
Randall Kenan
Lush Life
418(15)
John McCluskey
Sister Detroit
433(13)
Colleen McElroy
From Djbot Baghostus's Run
446(11)
Nathaniel Mackey
Ma'Dear
457(9)
Terry McMillan
A Loaf of Bread
466(17)
James Alan McPherson
Such Was the Season
483(8)
Clarence Major
Praisesong for the Widow
491(13)
Paule Marshall
The Upper Room
504(16)
Mary Monroe
Mama Day
520(18)
Gloria Naylor
Family Matters
538(10)
Richard Perry
Sweet Evening Breeze
548(14)
Darryl Pinckney
Hoodoo
562(5)
Connie Porter
The Terrible Threes
567(9)
Ishmael Reed
Before Echo
576(6)
Fatima Shaik
Betsey Brown
582(11)
Ntozake Shange
A Feast of Fools
593(8)
Ellease Southerland
Social Work
601(14)
Barbara Summers
Judgment
615(15)
Cliff Thompson
The Abortion
630(9)
Alice Walker
Fever
639(22)
John Edgar Wideman
Sissie
661(10)
John A. Williams
Seduction by Light
671(12)
Al Young
Contributors 683

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