A way out of no way

writing about growing up Black in America

Plot

"A distinguished anthology of excerpts from some fine modern writing."--The New York Times In this very special anthology, Jacqueline Woodson shares the writings that inspired her as a young African-American growing up in Brooklyn. Within these pages you will find the quiet poignance of Toni Morrison's Sula, the joyous proclamations of Bernice Johnson Reagon's "I Remember, I Believe, " the biting colloquial brilliance of Paul Beatty's Big Bowls of Cereal . . . and a host of other masterful works.Filled with both poems and stories, A WAY OUT OF NO WAY is at once a deep and tender tribute to the delicacy of adolescence and a first-rate study of African-American literature.ERNEST J. GAINES * JAMES BALDWIN * ROSA GUY * TONI CADE BAMBARA * TIM SEIBLES * PAUL BEATTY * JAMAICA KINCAID * NTOZAKE SHANGE * JUNE JORDAN * LANGSTON HUGHES * ANNA DEAVERE SMITH * TONI MORRISON * RANDALL KENAN * CLAUDE McKAY * NIKKI GIOVANNI * GWENDOLYN BROOKS * BERNICE JOHNSON REAGON