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Deep Sightings & Rescue Missions by Toni Cade Bambara

Deep Sightings & Rescue Missions

Fiction, Essays, and Conversations

Fiction, Essays, and Conversations

By Toni Cade Bambara

By Toni Cade Bambara

By Toni Cade Bambara

By Toni Cade Bambara

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Jan 26, 1999 | ISBN 9780679774075

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Aug 26, 2009 | ISBN 9780307555564

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    About Deep Sightings & Rescue Missions

    Edited and with a Preface by Toni Morrison, this posthumous collection of short stories, essays, and interviews offers lasting evidence of Bambara’s passion, lyricism, and tough critical intelligence. Included are tales of mothers and daughters, rebels and seeresses, community activists and aging gangbangers, as well as essays on film and literature, politics and race, and on the difficulties and necessities of forging an identity as an artist, activist, and black woman. It is a treasure trove not only for those familiar with Bambara’s work, but for a new generation of readers who will recognize her contribution to contemporary American letters.

    About Deep Sightings & Rescue Missions

    Edited and with a Preface by Toni Morrison, this posthumous collection of short stories, essays, and interviews offers lasting evidence of Bambara’s passion, lyricism, and tough critical intelligence. Included are tales of mothers and daughters, rebels and seeresses, community activists and aging gangbangers, as well as essays on film and literature, politics and race, and on the difficulties and necessities of forging an identity as an artist, activist, and black woman. It is a treasure trove not only for those familiar with Bambara’s work, but for a new generation of readers who will recognize her contribution to contemporary American letters.

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    About Toni Cade Bambara

    Toni Cade Bambara is the author of two short-story collections, Gorilla My Love and Seabirds Are Still Alive, and a novel, The Salt Eaters. She has also edited The Black Woman and Tales and Short Stories for Black Folks. Her works have appeared in various periodicals and… More about Toni Cade Bambara

    About Toni Cade Bambara

    Toni Cade Bambara is the author of two short-story collections, Gorilla My Love and Seabirds Are Still Alive, and a novel, The Salt Eaters. She has also edited The Black Woman and Tales and Short Stories for Black Folks. Her works have appeared in various periodicals and… More about Toni Cade Bambara

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $19.00
    Published by Vintage
    Jan 26, 1999 | 272 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 | ISBN 9780679774075

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $5.99
    Published by Vintage
    Aug 26, 2009 | 272 Pages | ISBN 9780307555564

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    Praise

    "Bambara’s passion and concern for her people permeates Deep Sightings and Rescue Missions…. So strongly does the book convey Bambara’s fiercely loving spirit that even those just making her acquaintance will feel the pain of her loss."
    —Miami Herald

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