Shaping memories : reflections of African American women writers / / edited by Joanne Veal Gabbin.

• Author: Wintergreen Women Writers' Collective.
• TeilnehmendeR: Gabbin, Joanne V.; Wintergreen Women Writers' Collective.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xvi, 245 p.
• Notes: "The essayists featured here are members of the Wintergreen Women Writers' Collective"--Introd.
• Other title: A distant star called possibility : Wintergreen /; Wintergreen and alaga syrup : a writer's reflections on memory, writing, and place /; From "Shaping the world of my art" /; Outside of dreams /; The case of the reluctant reader : she who reads last-- /; Parting the blue miasma /; New kid on the block /; Obstacles or opportunities : the wisdom to know the difference /; The faith walk of writing : connecting head and heart /; On my return from exile /; Of history and healing /; The conscientious outsider /; The mother's board /; My father's passage /; A blessed life /; A birth and a death, or Everything important happens on Monday /; Ambrosia /; Cotton pickin' authority /; The first time I saw Big Daddy grinning /; On gardening, or A love supreme /; A very good year /; Bury the thought /; The death of the mother /; A remembrance /; The night I stopped singing like Billie Holiday /; Afterword: Rites, rituals, and creative ceremonies : a social history of the Wintergreen Women Writers' Collective /; Poetry reading : a coda /
• ISBN: 9781604732740 (alk. paper); 1604732741 (alk. paper)
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Joanne Veal Gabbin.