Edited by Juliette Harris and Pamela Johnson; Introduction by Ntazake Shange

Tenderheaded: Yes, definitely. All black women are, in one way or another. TENDERHEADED boldly throws open the closet where black women's skeletons have been threatening to burst down the door. With works by Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, bell hooks, Henry Louis Gates Jr., and other writers of passion, persuasion, and humor, this collection is as rich and diverse as the children of the African diaspora.