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Caledonia's Daughters
Best known for her activist, peace seeking, truth telling poetry, here Staajabu offers us a glimpse into her short-story writing talents. Her quick-wit, imagination and exploration of the future through the eyes of generations of eclectic female characters will propel you on this Afro-futuristic journey.
Black Literate Lives
Black Literate Lives offers an innovative approach to understanding the complex and multi-dimensional perspectives of Black literate lives in the United States. Author Maisha Fisher reinterprets historiographies of Black self-determination and self-reliance to powerfully interrupt stereotypes of African-American literacy practices. The book expands the standard definitions of literacy practices to demonstrate the ways in which 'minority' groups keep their cultures and practices alive in the face of oppression, both inside and outside of schools. This important addition to critical literacy studies: -Demonstrates the relationship of an expanded definition of literacy to self-determination and...
Mud Cloth Roots
Celebrating their 25th anniversary as Straight Out Scribes, the mother/daughter dynamic poetry duo offers this collection of poems that spans a decade of their writing. As with most of their previous collections, the poems address topics on a variety of subjects including everyday observations, the ever popular topics of love and environmental concerns, appreciation for family and tributes to notables such as the late Chinua Achebe, Dr. Maya Angelou, Elizabeth Catlett, and Miles Davis. Dive in, take the journey, and experience two generations of thought-provoking, sometimes jarring, other times soothing, truly enjoyable poetry.
Children of the Dream
"I let somebody call me 'nigger.' It wasn't just any old body, either; it was my friend. That really hurt." -- Amitiyah Elayne Hyman Martin Luther King, Jr., dreamed of a day when black children were judged not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. His eloquent charge became the single greatest inspiration for the achievement of racial justice in America. In her powerful fourth book in the Children of Conflict series, Laurel Holliday explores how far we have come as she presents thirty-eight African-Americans who share their experiences as Children of the Dream. "I was brought up with white Barbie dolls of impossible proportions and long silky blonde hair -- neit...
African Reflections
The Crocker Art Museum invited Straight Out Scribes to write poems that corresponded to the Walter O. Evans collection of African American art. Here, the mother/daughter poetry unit have put those poems together for you to experience and enjoy.
Choosing Literacy
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This Queendom Come
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Spirals, Spirits and Spells
Fve chapters of poems here were inspired by real life observations, experiences, perceptions, imaginings and channelings through the lenses of two generations of African-minded Black women born and raised in America, whose travels, travails, truths and talents are diverse yet compatible, loving and respectful and who are still growing, learning and eager to share their inquisitiveness, life's ups, downs, twists, and turns in hopes these words will elevate, strengthen and advance our readers to seek knowledge that will raise consciousness, improve health and contribute to a positive vibration.
