Breaking Ice by Octavia E. Butler, Grace Edwards-Yearwood, Colleen McElroy, John Edgar Wideman, Ishmael Reed, Wesley Brown, Charles R. Johnson, Randall Kenan, Clarence Major, Darryl Pinckney, Mary Monroe, Xam Wilson Cartier, Paule Marshall, Don Belton, David Bradley, William Demby, Fatima Shaik, Gayl Jones, Steven Corbin, J. California Cooper, Angela Jackson, Carolyn Cole, Ernest J. Gaines, Kristin Hunter Lattany, Toni Cade Bambara, Trey Ellis, Nathaniel Mackey, Wanda Coleman, Doris Jean Austin, Arthur Flowers, Melvin Dixon, Amiri Baraka, Richard Perry, Peter Harris, Samuel R. Delany, Connie Rose Porter, John McCluskey, Tina McElroy Ansa, Sandra Hollin Flowers, Becky Birtha, Bill Williams Forde, Marita Golden, Ntozake Shange, Barbara Neely, Rita Dove, James Alan McPherson, William Melvin Kelley, Gloria Naylor, Percival Everett, Terry McMillan, Safiya Henderson-Holmes

Breaking Ice

Octavia E. Butler, Grace Edwards-Yearwood, Colleen McElroy, John Edgar Wideman, Ishmael Reed, Wesley Brown, Charles R. Johnson, Randall Kenan, Clarence Major, Darryl Pinckney, Mary Monroe, Xam Wilson Cartier, Paule Marshall, Don Belton, David Bradley, William Demby, Fatima Shaik, Gayl Jones, Steven Corbin, J. California Cooper, Angela Jackson, Carolyn Cole, Ernest J. Gaines, Kristin Hunter Lattany, Toni Cade Bambara, Trey Ellis, Nathaniel Mackey, Wanda Coleman, Doris Jean Austin, Arthur Flowers, Melvin Dixon, Amiri Baraka, Richard Perry, Peter Harris, Samuel R. Delany, Connie Rose Porter, John McCluskey, Tina McElroy Ansa, Sandra Hollin Flowers, Becky Birtha, Bill Williams Forde, Marita Golden, Ntozake Shange, Barbara Neely, Rita Dove, James Alan McPherson, William Melvin Kelley, Gloria Naylor, Percival Everett, Terry McMillan, Safiya Henderson-Holmes

690 pages • first pub 1990 (view editions)

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A striking collection of works from authors both established and emerging, this is the first original anthology of African-American writing in over a decade. Featured contributors include: J. California Cooper, Marita Golden, Gloria Naylor, Darryl...

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4.17
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Moods

emotional: 66%

funny: 66%

challenging: 33%

dark: 33%

informative: 33%

lighthearted: 33%

relaxing: 33%

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