This biography of poet and writer Margaret Walker takes us inside America in the middle of the 20th century, seen through the eyes of one southern black woman who refused to focus on what was not possible, but what was.
This biography of poet and writer Margaret Walker takes us inside America in the middle of the 20th century, seen through the eyes of one southern black woman who refused to focus on what was not possible, but what was.
Maryemma Graham is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Kansas.
Inhaltsangabe
An Introduction to Margaret Walker: The Woman We Thought We Knew Part I: "Southern Song," 1915-1932 (Birmingham and New Orleans) 1. In this Place where I was Born 2. A Preacher's Daughter 3. "The fire burning within" 4. "Get her out of the South" 5. Goodbye New Orleans Part II: Growing Out of Shadow, 1933-1938 (Chicago) 6."The house where my soul lives" 7. Brave New World 8. Colleagues and Comrades: South Side Writers 9. "Marriage is a green apple" 10. The Author of "For My People" Part III: No Enemies Save Myself 1938-1943 (Iowa, New Orleans, New York) 11. Dear Dick 12. "As low down as the blues let you be" 13. "Time is a mighty healer" 14. A Year of New Beginnings 15. October journey Part IV: Good Times in Difficult Years 1944-1963 (NC; Jackson, MS) 16. "Find somebody to love" 17. "Every child is a book I didn't write" 18. "The walls of my prison house" 19. "All my roots are gathered in one place" 20. "Turn loose and sink or swim" Part V: A Not So Quiet Radical, 1964-1975 (Iowa and Jackson, MS) 21. Jubilee: a Community of Memory 22. A Woman of Ideas 23. "To teach, to lead, to learn to change the world" 24. Midwife to a Movement Part VI: Unholy Wars 1976-1986 (Mississippi) 25. On Being Female, Black and Free 26. Fame and Infamy 27. Making Peace with my Soul: A Daemonic Genius 28. The Outlaw Spirit Prevails Part VII: This Is My Century 1987-1998 (Mississippi) 29. Politics and Possibilities 30. "Reaping the whirlwind" 31. "Call Me Cassandra" Index
An Introduction to Margaret Walker: The Woman We Thought We Knew Part I: "Southern Song," 1915-1932 (Birmingham and New Orleans) 1. In this Place where I was Born 2. A Preacher's Daughter 3. "The fire burning within" 4. "Get her out of the South" 5. Goodbye New Orleans Part II: Growing Out of Shadow, 1933-1938 (Chicago) 6."The house where my soul lives" 7. Brave New World 8. Colleagues and Comrades: South Side Writers 9. "Marriage is a green apple" 10. The Author of "For My People" Part III: No Enemies Save Myself 1938-1943 (Iowa, New Orleans, New York) 11. Dear Dick 12. "As low down as the blues let you be" 13. "Time is a mighty healer" 14. A Year of New Beginnings 15. October journey Part IV: Good Times in Difficult Years 1944-1963 (NC; Jackson, MS) 16. "Find somebody to love" 17. "Every child is a book I didn't write" 18. "The walls of my prison house" 19. "All my roots are gathered in one place" 20. "Turn loose and sink or swim" Part V: A Not So Quiet Radical, 1964-1975 (Iowa and Jackson, MS) 21. Jubilee: a Community of Memory 22. A Woman of Ideas 23. "To teach, to lead, to learn to change the world" 24. Midwife to a Movement Part VI: Unholy Wars 1976-1986 (Mississippi) 25. On Being Female, Black and Free 26. Fame and Infamy 27. Making Peace with my Soul: A Daemonic Genius 28. The Outlaw Spirit Prevails Part VII: This Is My Century 1987-1998 (Mississippi) 29. Politics and Possibilities 30. "Reaping the whirlwind" 31. "Call Me Cassandra" Index
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