Joyce B Whaley: 2 books

Maxx is full of whys: Why is the sky blue? Why do I have to go to school? Why do I have to take a nap? But even though his mom takes him to Sunday school every weekend, Maxx never expresses any serious interest about what he is taught in classuntil one day when he unleashes his questions and his whys...

Representing an international gathering of scholars, Fields Watered with Blood—now available in paperback—constituted the first critical assessment of the full scope of Margaret Walker’s literary career. As they discuss Walker’s work, including the landmark poetry collection For My People...