Home Girls, the pioneering anthology of Black feminist
thought, features writing by Black feminist and lesbian activists on
topics both provocative and profound. Since its initial publication
in 1983, it has become an essential text on Black women's lives and
contains work by many of feminism's foremost thinkers. This edition
features an updated list of contributor biographies and an all-new
preface that provides Barbara Smith the opportunity to look back on
forty years of the struggle, as well as the influence the work in
this book has had on generations of feminists. The preface from the
previous Rutgers edition remains, as well as all of the original
pieces, set in a fresh new package.
Contributors: Tania
Abdulahad, Donna Allegra, Barbara A. Banks, Becky Birtha, Cenen,
Cheryl Clarke, Michelle Cliff, Michelle T. Clinton, Willi (Willie) M.
Coleman, Toi Derricotte, Alexis De Veaux, Jewelle L. Gomez, Akasha
(Gloria) Hull, Patricia Spears Jones, June Jordan, Audre Lorde,
Raymina Y. Mays, Deidre McCalla, Chirlane McCray, Pat Parker, Linda
C. Powell, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Spring Redd, Gwendolyn Rogers,
Kate Rushin, Ann Allen Shockley, Barbara Smith, Beverly Smith,
Shirley O. Steele, Luisah Teish, Jameelah Waheed, Alice Walker, and
Renita J. Weems.