Midnight Birds: Stories of Contemporary Black Women Writers

by Alice Walker, Ntozake Shange, Mary Helen Washington (Editor)

Genres: Fiction, Anthologies

Mass Market Paperback

First published December 31, 1980

About the author

Noted American writer Alice Walker won a Pulitzer Prize for her stance against racism and sexism in such novels as The Color Purple (1982).

People awarded this preeminent author of stories, essays, and poetry of the United States. In 1983, this first African woman for fiction also received the national book award. Her other books include The Third Life of Grange Copeland , Meridian , The Temple of My Familiar , and Possessing the Secret of Joy . In public life, Walker worked to address problems of injustice, inequality, and poverty as an activist, teacher, and public intellectual.

Reviews

[Louella Bryant]

This book changed my life as a writer. The stories by Alice Walker, Ntozake Shange, Alexis Deveaux and others taught me to shake off the white devil editors who had sunk their talons into my shoulders and draw from a deep well to speak my personal truth. The stories started me on a journey into black authors and culture that continues to this day.

[Nancy]

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