Reviews

"The wisdom, rue and humor of her storytelling are borne on a lilting rhythm completely her own, the product of a born writer's senses nourished on black church singing and preaching, soft mother talk and salty street talk, and on literature: James Weldon Johnson, Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, Shakespeare and Gorki." -- @lt;i@gt;The New York Times Book Review@lt;/i@gt;.@lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt;"Black, bitter and beautiful, she speaks of our survival." -- James Baldwin.