The Sisterhood : how a network of Black women writers changed American culture
Thorsson, Courtney, 1978-2023
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One Sunday afternoon in February 1977, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Ntozake Shange, and several other Black women writers met at June Jordan's Brooklyn apartment to eat gumbo, drink champagne, and talk about their work. Calling themselves 'The Sisterhood', the group - which also came to include Audre Lorde, Paule Marshall, Margo Jefferson, and others - would get together once a month over the next two years, creating a vital space for Black women to discuss literature and liberation. This book tells the story of how this remarkable community transformed American writing and cultural institutions.
Main title:
The Sisterhood : how a network of Black women writers changed American culture / Courtney Thorsson.
Author:
Thorsson, Courtney, 1978-, author
Imprint:
New York : Columbia University Press, 2023.
Collation:
296 pages ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780231204729 (hbk)
Dewey class:
810.9928708996073810.992
Language:
English
Related title:
The Sisterhood : how a network of Black women writers changed American culture
Subject:
American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticismAmerican literature -- Women authors -- History and criticismAmerican literature -- Black authors -- History and criticismWomen authors, Black -- United StatesFeminism in literatureCommunity life -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryLiteratureLiterature: history & criticismLiterary studies: c 1900 to c 2000Feminism & feminist theoryGender studies: women & girlsEthnic studies
BRN:
1342593
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