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In this book, Angelou details what brought her mother to send her away, and unearths the well of emotions she experienced long afterward as a result. For the first time, she reveals the triumphs and struggles of being the daughter of Vivian Baxter, an indomitable spirit whose pe…
In this book, Angelou details what brought her mother to send her away, and unearths the well of emotions she experienced long afterward as a result. For the first time, she reveals the triumphs and struggles of being the daughter of Vivian Baxter, an indomitable spirit whose pe…
In Mom & Me & Mom, Angelou details what brought her mother to send her away and unearths the well of emotions Angelou experienced long afterward as a result.
In this book, Angelou details what brought her mother to send her away, and unearths the well of emotions she experienced long afterward as a result. For the first time, she reveals the triumphs and struggles of being the daughter of Vivian Baxter, an indomitable spirit whose pe…
A biography of the notorious and influential writer explores the sexual trauma and racial violence he endured that led to his reinvention as Iceberg Slim, one of America's most infamous pimps of the 1940s and 50s.
"The first biography of Robert Beck, aka Iceberg Slim, (1918-1992), builds a compelling case that the pimp-turned-popular author provided the foundation for gangsta rap, Blaxploitation movies, and so much of the underground culture that became mainstream. Gifford offers a lively…
A biography of the notorious and influential writer explores the sexual trauma and racial violence he endured that led to his reinvention as Iceberg Slim, one of America's most infamous pimps of the 1940s and 50s.
"The first and definitive biography of one of America's bestselling, notorious, and influential writers of the twentieth century: Iceberg Slim, né Robert Beck, author of the multimillion-copy memoir Pimp and such equally popular novels as Trick Baby and Mama Black Widow. From a …
Dorothy West is best known as one of the youngest writers involved in the Harlem Renaissance. Her work is read as a product of the urban aesthetics of this artistic movement. But West was also intimately rooted in a very different milieuâ€"Oak Bluffs, an exclusive retreat for Af…