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ContentsPrologueChapter 1 "The Girl Who Flew on the Wings of Words" Chapter 2 "Pride Power Passion/The Tree of Knowledge"Chapter 3 "Biting the Big Apple Chapter 4 "Coming Home" Chapter 5 "Making It Real" Chapter 6 "Witness, Witness" Chapter 7 "Teaching" Chapter 8 "A Calling Not a Career" AcknowledgmentsAbout the Author

First Page to Finished is a book that answers all your questions about writing and the writer's life. From how to get started to how to sustain a writing practice to how writers make money, the answers to those questions are in this book. Inspiring and practical, the book also contains writing exercises that will prompt you to write with more courage and more focus. Based on Marita Golden's forty years as an author, teacher of writing, and literary activist, First Page to Finished is a book to read again and again and to share.

"Golden documents her conversations with psychologists, writers, and young Black males themselves. She writes her son's story against the backdrop of a society plagued by systemic racism, economic inequality, and mass incarceration and offers a form of witness and testimony in a time of crisis for Black Americans. Not only does Golden confront the root causes of violence inflicted upon Black teen boys, she reassesses the legacy of her own generation's struggle for civil rights."--Page [4] of cover.

"Marita Golden, a prominent interviewee of Oprah Winfrey, wrote this mental and physical health guide for women to learn who they are, to set healthy boundaries, and to jump into health related fitness practices to balance out their daily lives."--

It is 1968 and everything about being a Black woman in America is changing. A society once walled off has begun opening doors. Against this backdrop, three young women meet at a New England college and form a friendship that endures, heals, and dramatically shapes their lives. With backgrounds and temperaments symbolic of the many questions around attaining selfhood in the aftermath of freedom movements, Faith, Crystal and Serena struggle to exercise personal agency in an era when family history, along with race and gender identities, threaten to dictate their paths. As a poet-creative Crystal reaches for expression in language and in choosing who and how she loves. As a budding activist, Serena eschews conventions of marriage, and belonging, to become a global being, leaving the soil of America for Africa, where NGO work evolves into leading women toward an independence she herself maintains by remaining the mistress, never the bride, of a powerful man. Surprisingly, it is Faith, the most introverted, drawn into the self by a series of traumas, whose seemingly self-limiting choices will more directly affect a generation of women to come. The Philadelphia Tribune declared it, "a story of hope, a story of triumph and, above all, a testimony to resilience." Published in 1986 after the award-winning autobiography Migrations of the Heart, A Woman's Place is Marita Golden's first novel. More than fourteen books in fiction and nonfiction, including Gumbo: An Anthology of African-American Writing co-edited with E. Lynn Harris, followed. Golden went on to create and helm the Hurston/Wright Foundation, which has become a literary rite of passage for such talents as Nicole Dennis-Benn, Brit Bennett and Tayari Jones. A Woman's Place is reprinted here as an esteemed addition to McSweeney's Of the Diaspora series, edited by Erica Vital-Lazare, and opens with a new introduction by the author, with foreword by Women's March co-founder Tabitha St. Bernard-Jacobs.

Raising Black Teen Boys in Turbulent TimesIt is always heartening to see women step up to the writer's table. When the results are as adroit and affecting as Marita Golden's work, it is more than satisfying; it is a cause for celebration.Toni Morrison, Nobel LaureateTwo decades ago, Marita was the first Black writer to address the horrifying statistic that haunts all Black mothers: the leading cause of death among Black males under twenty-one is homicide. Today, police brutality rages on as millions call for the reformation of our broken law enforcement in the wake of the traumatic murders of Black teen boys like Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown and Daunte Wright.Read an intimate account of a mothers efforts to save her son. Writing her sons story against the backdrop of asociety plagued by systemic racism, economic inequality, and mass incarceration, Golden offers a form of witness and testimony in a time of crisis for Black Americans.Learn how to grapple with the realities of Black America. Join Golden as she confronts the root causes of violence inflicted upon Black teen boys and reassesses the legacy of her own generation's struggle for civil rights.Explore Black boys difficult road to adulthood in the U.S. and learn why single Black mothers are often wrongly blamed for their sons actions.Gain invaluable advice and knowledge from trustworthy sources. In Saving Our Sons, Golden documents her conversations with psychologists, writers, and young Black males themselves.This book is designed to help you:Discuss and unpack generational trauma with loved onesGain deeper insight into the injustices Black children face in the U.S.Recognize the importance of community for the success of Black teen boysIf you liked Decoding Boys, Mother & Son: Our Back & Forth Journal, The Boy Crisis or Boy Mom, youll love Saving Our Sons.

This book unpacks the myth of the "strong black woman" who is never allowed any weakness and the health impacts, both physical and mental, of living in a skewed culture.

A literary rent party to benefit the Hurston/Wright Foundation of African-American fiction, with selections to savor from bestselling authors as well as talented rising stars.Not since Terry McMillan’s Breaking Ice have so many African-American writers been brought together in one volume. A stellar collection of works from more than fifty hot names in fiction, Gumbo represents remarkable synergy. Edited by bestselling luminaries Marita Golden and E. Lynn Harris, this collection spans new and previously published tales of love and luck, inspiration and violation, hip new worlds and hallowed heritage from voices such as:• Edwidge Danticat• Eric Jerome Dickey• Kenji Jasper• John Edgar Wideman• Terry McMillan• David Anthony Durham• Bertice Berry…and many, many moreAlso featuring original stories by Golden and Harris themselves, Gumbo heralds the debut of the Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards for Published Black Writers (scheduled for October 2002), and all advances and royalties from the book will support the Hurston/Wright Foundation. Combining authors with a variety of flavorful writing, Gumbo will have readers clamoring for second helpings.