Rise Up Singing

Mother's Day, by the book

Books post by Deesha Philyaw on May 10, 2009 - 7:05am; tagged black women, Cecelie S. Berry, female writers, I'm Every Woman, Jump at the Sun, Kim McLarin, Lonnae O'Neal Parker, motherhood, race, Rise Up Singing.

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There are three books about black women and motherhood that rocked my world when I read them: Rise Up Singing: Black Women Writers on Motherhood; I'm Every Woman: Remixed Stories of Marriage, Motherhood, and Work; and a novel, Jump at the Sun.  Lucky me, I also got to interview the authors, Cecelie S. Berry, Lonnae O'Neal Parker, and Kim McLarin, respectively.  Read on for those interviews and my reviews of the books...

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