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2 days ago · Hanif Abdurraqib (winner of a 2024 Windham Campbell Prize for Non-Fiction) joins Michael Kelleher to discuss his love for Gloria Naylor’s The Women of Brewster Place, writing about cities, the importance of community, and more. The Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast. Hanif Abdurraqib on Gloria Naylor's THE WOMEN OF BREWSTER PLACE.
5 days ago · Tyson subsequently took on supporting roles in the television miniseries Roots (1977; based on Alex Haley’s book) and The Women of Brewster Place (1989; based on Gloria Naylor’s novel) before winning another Emmy for her performance in the TV movie Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (1994).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
3 days ago · Published by Third World Press at the tailend of her illustrious career, 1996 stands in stark contrast to Naylor’s iconic tetralogy — which includes Women of Brewster Place (1982), Linden Hills (1985), Mama Day (1988), and Bailey’s Cafe (1992), as well as the sibling text Men of Brewster Place (1998) — by centering the author herself in ...
1 day ago · Hundreds gathered in an Ohio city to unveil a plaza and statue dedicated to abolitionist Sojourner Truth at the very spot where the women’s rights pioneer gave an iconic 1851
3 days ago · This book weaves together the worlds of seven women in a bleak inner-city sanctuary called Brewster Place. It offers an eye-opening portrayal of just how many paths a woman's life can take, as ...
3 days ago · OUT News. From lesbian bars to softball fields, a new book documents the evolution of queer women’s spaces. In “A Place of Our Own,” author and journalist June Thomas details how six...
3 days ago · I thought I’d find the place gutted, abandoned, but inside the lights are glowing. There are still beige couches, coffee tables, a vase of red flowers carefully positioned. The only traces of construction work are occasional holes in the walls, as though someone swung a hammer around the place to check what it was made of.
