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.
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Terry McMillan fell in love with books as a teenager while working at the local library. She studied journalism at UC Berkeley and screenwriting at Columbia before making her fiction debut with Mama, which one both the Doubleday New Voices in Fiction Award and the American Book Award. She lives in Northern California.
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THIS BOOK WAS SO GOOD. IT HAD ME READING EVERY NITE. I LOVE THE STORY OF AISHA AND RASID. ALSO, THE STORY ABOUT A WOMAN CATCHING HER HUSBAND HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH A YOUNG AND MORE BEAUTIFUL WOMAN. I FEEL SOME OF THE STORIES SHOULD HAVE BEEN LONGER. HOWEVER, THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD SHORT STORIES IN THE BOOK
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a good collection,
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Breaking Ice is a collection of short stories from well know authors some more so than others, but all the stories were worth the read
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Great Stories! Excellent introduction of new writers.,
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This review is from: Breaking Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary African-American Fiction (Paperback)
Short stories are my favorite literary genre and these are excellent! The many, varied female voices - in particular - are eye-opening and engrossing; the subjects are pertinent and realistic. The lives, thoughts, moods, and experiences of people of color are portrayed with finesse and great literary skill. This book introduced me to many new writers who surely deserve to be read. I would highly recommend this book to the study of African-American Literature in universities world-wide.
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- American Women Short Story Writers: A Collection of Critical Essays (Wellesley Studies in Critical Theory, Literary History and Culture) by Julie Brown on 4 pages
- American Women Short Story Writers: A Collection of Critical Essays (Wellesley Studies in Critical Theory, Literary History and Culture) by Julie Brown on 4 pages
- God Don't Like Ugly: African American Women Handing on Spiritual Values by Teresa L. Fry Brown in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Ethnicity and the American Short Story (Wellesley Studies in Critical Theory, Literary History and Culture) by Julie Brown on page 42, and page 45
- Terry McMillan: A Critical Companion (Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers) by Paulette Richards on page 12, and Back Matter
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