Cheryl Walker's Books

On Freedom and the Will to Adorn

The Art of the African American Essay

By: Cheryl A. Wall

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On Freedom and the Will to Adorn

The Art of the African American Essay

By: Cheryl A. Wall

Although they have written in various genres, African American writers as notable and diverse as W. E. B. Du Bois, James Baldwin, and Alice Walker have done their most influential work in the essay form. The Souls of Black Folk, The Fire Next Time, and In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens are landmarks in African American literary history. Many other writers, such as Ralph Ellison, Zora Neale Hurston, James Weldon Johnson, and Richard Wright, are acclaimed essayists but achieved greater fame for their work in other genres; their essay work is often overlooked or studied only in the contexts of their better-known works. Here Cheryl A. Wall offers the first sustained study of the African American essay as a distinct literary genre. Beginning with the sermons, orations, and writing of nineteenth-century men and women like Frederick Douglass who laid the foundation for the African American essay, Wall examines the genre's evolution through the Harlem Renaissance. She then turns her attention to four writers she regards as among the most influential essayists of the twentieth century: Baldwin, Ellison, June Jordan, and Alice Walker. She closes the book with a discussion of the status of the essay in the twenty-first century as it shifts its medium from print to digital in the hands of writers like Ta-Nehisi Coates and Brittney Cooper. Wall's beautifully written and insightful book is nothing less than a redefinition of how we understand the genres of African American literature.

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UNC Press Books

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1469646919

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9781469646916

Gonzo Girl

A Novel

By: Cheryl Della Pietra

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Gonzo Girl

A Novel

By: Cheryl Della Pietra

To make a name for herself in the literary world, Alley Russo takes a job as assistant to the infamous Walker Reade and must battle against his endless procrastination, vampiric schedule, addiction, and casual gun play to coax a novel out of him.

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Simon and Schuster

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1501105590

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9781501105593

Black Tap Dance and Its Women Pioneers

By: Cheryl M. Willis

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Black Tap Dance and Its Women Pioneers

By: Cheryl M. Willis

While tap dancers Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, and Eleanor Powell were major Hollywood stars, and the rhythms of Black male performers such as the Nicholas Brothers and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson were appreciated in their time, Black female tap dancers seldom achieved similar recognition. Who were these women? The author sought them out, interviewed them, and documented their stories for this book. Here are the personal stories of many Black women tap dancers who were hailed by their male counterparts, performed on the most prominent American stages, and were pioneers in the field of Black tap.

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392

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McFarland

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1476649162

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9781476649160

Worrying the Line

Black Women Writers, Lineage, and Literary Tradition

By: Cheryl A. Wall

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Worrying the Line

Black Women Writers, Lineage, and Literary Tradition

By: Cheryl A. Wall

In blues music, "worrying the line" is the technique of breaking up a phrase by changing pitch, adding a shout, or repeating words in order to emphasize, clarify, or subvert a moment in a song. Cheryl A. Wall applies this term to fiction and nonfiction wr

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UNC Press Books

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0807855863

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9780807855867

The Art of the Black Essay

From Meditation to Transcendence

By: Cheryl Blanche Butler

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The Art of the Black Essay

From Meditation to Transcendence

By: Cheryl Blanche Butler

First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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170

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Psychology Press

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0415935741

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9780415935746

Singing for Equality

Hymns in the American Antislavery and Indian Rights Movements, 1640-1855

By: Cheryl C. Boots

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Singing for Equality

Hymns in the American Antislavery and Indian Rights Movements, 1640-1855

By: Cheryl C. Boots

Before the American Civil War, men and women who imagined a multiracial American society (social visionaries) included Protestant sacred music in their speeches and writings. Music affirmed the humanity and equality of Indians, whites and blacks and validated blacks and Indians as Americans. In contrast to dominant voices of white racial privilege, social visionaries criticized republican hypocrisy and Christian hypocrisy. Many social visionaries wrote hymns, transcending racial lines and creating a sense of equality among singers and their audience. Singing and reading Protestant sacred music encouraged community formation that led to American human rights activism in the 19th and 20th centuries.

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McFarland

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0786472596

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9780786472598

Brave. Black. First.

50+ African American Women Who Changed the World

By: Cheryl Willis Hudson

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Brave. Black. First.

50+ African American Women Who Changed the World

By: Cheryl Willis Hudson

Published in collaboration with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, discover over fifty remarkable African American women whose unique skills and contributions paved the way for the next generation of young people. Perfect for fans of Rad Women Worldwide, Women in Science, and Girls Think of Everything. Fearless. Bold. Game changers. Harriet Tubman guided the way. Rosa Parks sat for equality. Aretha Franklin sang from the soul. Serena Williams bested the competition. Michelle Obama transformed the White House. Black women everywhere have changed the world! Published in partnership with curators from the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, this illustrated biography compilation captures the iconic moments of fifty African American women whose heroism and bravery rewrote the American story for the better. "A beautifully illustrated testament to the continuing excellence and legacy of Africane American women." -Kirkus Reviews

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Crown Books for Young Readers

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0525645837

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9780525645832

Free Black Communities and the Underground Railroad

The Geography of Resistance

By: Cheryl Janifer LaRoche

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Free Black Communities and the Underground Railroad

The Geography of Resistance

By: Cheryl Janifer LaRoche

This enlightening study employs the tools of archaeology to uncover a new historical perspective on the Underground Railroad. Unlike previous histories of the Underground Railroad, which have focused on frightened fugitive slaves and their benevolent abolitionist accomplices, Cheryl LaRoche focuses instead on free African American communities, the crucial help they provided to individuals fleeing slavery, and the terrain where those flights to freedom occurred. This study foregrounds several small, rural hamlets on the treacherous southern edge of the free North in Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. LaRoche demonstrates how landscape features such as waterways, iron forges, and caves played a key role in the conduct and effectiveness of the Underground Railroad. Rich in oral histories, maps, memoirs, and archaeological investigations, this examination of the "geography of resistance" tells the new powerful and inspiring story of African Americans ensuring their own liberation in the midst of oppression.

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257

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University of Illinois Press

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0252095898

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9780252095894

Our Fight4Terri

By: Cheryl Ford,J. E. Craddock

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Our Fight4Terri

By: Cheryl Ford,J. E. Craddock

Our Fight4Terri is "a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the details of this American tragedy." - Patricia Fields Anderson, P.A., Attorney-at-Law

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Trafford Publishing

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1412061407

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9781412061407

The Harlem Renaissance

Profiles in Creativity

By: Cheryl Willis Hudson

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The Harlem Renaissance

Profiles in Creativity

By: Cheryl Willis Hudson

Presents biographies of six African Americans prominent in the arts and business worlds during the period known as the Harlem Renaissance--Bessie Smith, James Weldon Johnson, Langston Hughes, A'lelia Walker, Augusta Fells Savage, and Arturo A. Schomburg.

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1582737320

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9781582737324

Touring The Sierra Nevada

By: Cheryl Angelina Koehler

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Touring The Sierra Nevada

By: Cheryl Angelina Koehler

The complete guide to the entire Sierra NevadaThe Sierra Nevada is one of the most scenic, biologically diverse, and historically rich mountain ranges in North America. Touring the Sierra Nevada covers the entire range and its adjacent regions, exploring the Sierra Nevada from such world-famous sites as Lake Tahoe and Yosemite to picturesque mining towns, scenic alpine lakes, lush vineyards, and colorful hidden byways. Koehler offers suggestions for long tours and exciting daytrips, as well as detailed information about the history, geology, flora and fauna, economy, and unique features of places along the way. The book is illustrated with photographs and maps of the regions she describes. Koehler includes excursions for automobile travelers as well as backcountry adventures for hikers. She provides information about attractions in the Sierra’s two “jumping-off” cities, Sacramento and Reno, as well as in some of the major towns within the range. There is practical advice about contacting parks, museums, historical sites, visitors’ bureaus, U.S. Forest Service offices, and other agencies; finding lodging, campgrounds, and restaurants along the way; preparing for weather and altitude changes; and identifying further sources of information about the region in published guides and other books, as well as on websites. Koehler offers her readers the literary companionship of an experienced, charming, and vivacious guide through one of America’s most fascinating regions.

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356

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University of Nevada Press

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0874177170

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9780874177176

Cheryl: My Story

By: Cheryl

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Cheryl: My Story

By: Cheryl

Number One Sunday Times Best Seller. For the first time Cheryl tells her full story, her way. Revealing the truth behind the headlines, this is the only official autobiography, giving the fans the true story they’ve been waiting for. Includes exclusive, personal photos.

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HarperCollins UK

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0007500173

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9780007500178

Beauty in a Box

Detangling the Roots of Canada's Black Beauty Culture

By: Cheryl Thompson

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Beauty in a Box

Detangling the Roots of Canada's Black Beauty Culture

By: Cheryl Thompson

One of the first transnational, feminist studies of Canada’s black beauty culture and the role that media, retail, and consumers have played in its development, Beauty in a Box widens our understanding of the politics of black hair. The book analyzes advertisements and articles from media—newspapers, advertisements, television, and other sources—that focus on black communities in Halifax, Montreal, Toronto, and Calgary. The author explains the role local black community media has played in the promotion of African American–owned beauty products; how the segmentation of beauty culture (i.e., the sale of black beauty products on store shelves labelled “ethnic hair care”) occurred in Canada; and how black beauty culture, which was generally seen as a small niche market before the 1970s, entered Canada’s mainstream by way of department stores, drugstores, and big-box retailers. Beauty in a Box uses an interdisciplinary framework, engaging with African American history, critical race and cultural theory, consumer culture theory, media studies, diasporic art history, black feminism, visual culture, film studies, and political economy to explore the history of black beauty culture in both Canada and the United States.

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Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press

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1771123605

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9781771123600

"After Mecca"

Women Poets and the Black Arts Movement

By: Cheryl Clarke

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"After Mecca"

Women Poets and the Black Arts Movement

By: Cheryl Clarke

In "After Mecca," Cheryl Clarke explores the relationship between the Black Arts Movement and black women writers of the period. Poems by Gwendolyn Brooks, Ntozake Shange, Audre Lorde, Nikki Giovanni, Sonia Sanchez, Jayne Cortez, Alice Walker, and others chart the emergence of a new and distinct black poetry and its relationship to the black community's struggle for rights and liberation. Clarke also traces the contributions of these poets to the development of feminism and lesbian-feminism, and the legacy they left for others to build on.

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Rutgers University Press

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0813534062

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9780813534060

Pentridge - Behind the Bluestone Walls

By: Cheryl Osborne,Don Osborne

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Pentridge - Behind the Bluestone Walls

By: Cheryl Osborne,Don Osborne

When Don Osborne went to Pentridge in 1970, he found a nineteenth-century penal establishment in full working order. It held about 1200 inmates, most of them cooped up in tiny stone cells that sweltered in summer and froze in winter. Some had no sewerage or electric light. Assigned to teach in the high-security section of the prison, Don worked in the chapel, which doubled as a classroom during the week. There, he saw the terrible effects of the violence that permeated H Division, the prison's punishment section. He found himself acting as confidant and counsellor to some of the best-known criminals of the era, and to others who'd become notorious later, after H Division had worked its magic on them. This book offers an insider's reflections on how the prison emergd as it did, and is supplemented by a stunning pictorial section. It focuses especially on the rebellious 1970s, when the military 'disciplines' of H Division began to give way in the face of prisoner resistance and public criticism. Don writes of the people and events that shaped Petnridge's history and etched it into the memories of the city that was its reluctant host.

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Bonnier Zaffre Ltd.

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1760069604

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9781760069605

Book's by Cheryl Walker

On Freedom and the Will to Adorn

On Freedom and the Will to Adorn

Gonzo Girl

Gonzo Girl

Black Tap Dance and Its Women Pioneers

Black Tap Dance and Its Women Pioneers

Worrying the Line

Worrying the Line

The Art of the Black Essay

The Art of the Black Essay

Singing for Equality

Singing for Equality

Brave. Black. First.

Brave. Black. First.

Free Black Communities and the Underground Railroad

Free Black Communities and the Underground Railroad

Our Fight4Terri

Our Fight4Terri

The Harlem Renaissance

The Harlem Renaissance

Touring The Sierra Nevada

Touring The Sierra Nevada

Cheryl: My Story

Cheryl: My Story

Beauty in a Box

Beauty in a Box

"After Mecca"

"After Mecca"

Pentridge - Behind the Bluestone Walls

Pentridge - Behind the Bluestone Walls

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