by Kesho Scott, Cherry Muhanji and Egyirba High foreword by Albert E. Stone
University of Iowa Press, 1999 eISBN: 978-1-58729-312-2 | Paper: 978-0-87745-665-0 Library of Congress Classification PS3569.C645T54 1999 Dewey Decimal Classification 813.0108928709
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
This expanded edition of Tight Spaces includes six new essays that explore the fulfilling spaces inhabited by Kesho Scott, Cherry Muhanji, and Egyirba High since their book was originally published in 1987. Tight Spaces won the American Book Award in 1988.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Kesho Scott is associate professor of American studies and sociology at Grinnell College. She is the author of The Habit of Surviving: Black Women’s Strategies for Life and Unlearning Racism: Stop Hurting Others and Ourselves.
Cherry Muhanji is visiting professor of women’s studies at the University of Minnesota; she is working on a novel called Detroit.
Egyirba High is writing a collection of short stories and lecturing in the continuing education program at the University of Minnesota.
REVIEWS
“Not since Ntozake Shange's For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf has there been writing by Black women that has clearly been such a potent laying-on of hands to the spirit that keeps us all keeping-on.”—Small Press Review
“Cherry, Kesho, and Egyirba are talented writers who have folded and tucked novels and short stories into the slim, sketchy pages of their mingled tight spaces. Their essays reveal the dark, familiar hiding places of many black women, the pain of sisterly rivalry, the carefully choreographed dance of mother/daughter relationships, the confusion of puberty and adolescence, the innocent but sometimes crafty transition from looking to touching to sex, the tenderness of maturity, the serenity of 'hush.'”—San Francisco Chronicle
“Three of the most remarkable things about Tight Spaces are its collective creation, its genre-defying genre and its stylistic innovations (varieties of black wimmin's sensual, lyrical, descriptive, humorous language).”—Women's Review of Books
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CONTENTS
Foreword
Stone,
Albert E.
Acknowledgments
An Evening in Minnesota, 1998
Scott,
Kesho
It Beez That Away Sometimes
Muhanji,
Cherry
Why I Didn't Do It and How I Finally Did
High,
Egyirba
TALKIN' REAL HONEST
Take a Look over My Shoulder and Be Happy
Scott,
Kesho
The Secret
High,
Egyirba
Daddy Was a Jack-leg
Muhanji,
Cherry
Take It Out
High,
Egyirba
The Scales of Superman
Scott,
Kesho
Everybody Knows… but Michelle
Muhanji,
Cherry
Evie Will Be Over Saturday
Muhanji,
Cherry
Cherry Blossoms
High,
Egyirba
Tender Memories
Scott,
Kesho
Bird Tracks
Muhanji,
Cherry
Dear God
Scott,
Kesho
Odyssey
High,
Egyirba
Markie
Scott,
Kesho
Who Said That?
Muhanji,
Cherry
A Ram's Head Not a Ram's Heart
Scott,
Kesho
Head Droppers
Muhanji,
Cherry
Scars
Scott,
Kesho
Boozer's Story
Muhanji,
Cherry
The Lion Sleeps Tonight
High,
Egyirba
Popsicle Sticks
Muhanji,
Cherry
Madness Is a Silent Act
Scott,
Kesho
Jumpin' to Success
Muhanji,
Cherry
And Etcetera
Scott,
Kesho
LISTEN TO ME GOOD' NOW
Hush
Scott,
Kesho
The Last Dance
High,
Egyirba
Loon
Muhanji,
Cherry
YOU MUST BE LYIN'
Talk to the Storm
Scott,
Kesho
A Gardenia for Miss Eva
High,
Egyirba
Center Stage
Muhanji,
Cherry
Ella Baker
High,
Egyirba
Shadows over Shadows
Scott,
Kesho
Miss Russell
Muhanji,
Cherry
Little Faith
High,
Egyirba
A Needed Violation
Scott,
Kesho
Deloris Delaine Pugh
High,
Egyirba
Her
Muhanji,
Cherry
SAY IT AIN'T SO
Airbag
Scott,
Kesho
All on a Saturday Night
High,
Egyirba
Coming Out and into the New Age
Muhanji,
Cherry
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by Kesho Scott, Cherry Muhanji and Egyirba High foreword by Albert E. Stone
University of Iowa Press, 1999 eISBN: 978-1-58729-312-2 Paper: 978-0-87745-665-0
This expanded edition of Tight Spaces includes six new essays that explore the fulfilling spaces inhabited by Kesho Scott, Cherry Muhanji, and Egyirba High since their book was originally published in 1987. Tight Spaces won the American Book Award in 1988.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Kesho Scott is associate professor of American studies and sociology at Grinnell College. She is the author of The Habit of Surviving: Black Women’s Strategies for Life and Unlearning Racism: Stop Hurting Others and Ourselves.
Cherry Muhanji is visiting professor of women’s studies at the University of Minnesota; she is working on a novel called Detroit.
Egyirba High is writing a collection of short stories and lecturing in the continuing education program at the University of Minnesota.
REVIEWS
“Not since Ntozake Shange's For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf has there been writing by Black women that has clearly been such a potent laying-on of hands to the spirit that keeps us all keeping-on.”—Small Press Review
“Cherry, Kesho, and Egyirba are talented writers who have folded and tucked novels and short stories into the slim, sketchy pages of their mingled tight spaces. Their essays reveal the dark, familiar hiding places of many black women, the pain of sisterly rivalry, the carefully choreographed dance of mother/daughter relationships, the confusion of puberty and adolescence, the innocent but sometimes crafty transition from looking to touching to sex, the tenderness of maturity, the serenity of 'hush.'”—San Francisco Chronicle
“Three of the most remarkable things about Tight Spaces are its collective creation, its genre-defying genre and its stylistic innovations (varieties of black wimmin's sensual, lyrical, descriptive, humorous language).”—Women's Review of Books
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CONTENTS
Foreword
Stone,
Albert E.
Acknowledgments
An Evening in Minnesota, 1998
Scott,
Kesho
It Beez That Away Sometimes
Muhanji,
Cherry
Why I Didn't Do It and How I Finally Did
High,
Egyirba
TALKIN' REAL HONEST
Take a Look over My Shoulder and Be Happy
Scott,
Kesho
The Secret
High,
Egyirba
Daddy Was a Jack-leg
Muhanji,
Cherry
Take It Out
High,
Egyirba
The Scales of Superman
Scott,
Kesho
Everybody Knows… but Michelle
Muhanji,
Cherry
Evie Will Be Over Saturday
Muhanji,
Cherry
Cherry Blossoms
High,
Egyirba
Tender Memories
Scott,
Kesho
Bird Tracks
Muhanji,
Cherry
Dear God
Scott,
Kesho
Odyssey
High,
Egyirba
Markie
Scott,
Kesho
Who Said That?
Muhanji,
Cherry
A Ram's Head Not a Ram's Heart
Scott,
Kesho
Head Droppers
Muhanji,
Cherry
Scars
Scott,
Kesho
Boozer's Story
Muhanji,
Cherry
The Lion Sleeps Tonight
High,
Egyirba
Popsicle Sticks
Muhanji,
Cherry
Madness Is a Silent Act
Scott,
Kesho
Jumpin' to Success
Muhanji,
Cherry
And Etcetera
Scott,
Kesho
LISTEN TO ME GOOD' NOW
Hush
Scott,
Kesho
The Last Dance
High,
Egyirba
Loon
Muhanji,
Cherry
YOU MUST BE LYIN'
Talk to the Storm
Scott,
Kesho
A Gardenia for Miss Eva
High,
Egyirba
Center Stage
Muhanji,
Cherry
Ella Baker
High,
Egyirba
Shadows over Shadows
Scott,
Kesho
Miss Russell
Muhanji,
Cherry
Little Faith
High,
Egyirba
A Needed Violation
Scott,
Kesho
Deloris Delaine Pugh
High,
Egyirba
Her
Muhanji,
Cherry
SAY IT AIN'T SO
Airbag
Scott,
Kesho
All on a Saturday Night
High,
Egyirba
Coming Out and into the New Age
Muhanji,
Cherry
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