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A Joyous Revolt

"At long last—a book-length biography celebrates Toni Cade Bambara, a seminal literary, cultural, and political figure who was among the most widely read and frequently reviewed of the well-regarded black women writers to emerge in the l970s. "—

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 228 pages

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