Grand Mothers: Poems, Reminiscences, and Short Stories About The Keepers Of Our Traditions

Nikki Giovanni created this book by asking her friends—people like Gloria Naylor, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Maxine Hong Kingston—for their stories and recollections of their grandmothers, then to a group of writers in their ninties for their thoughts. Grand Mothers celebrates those special women in every culture who preserve heritae and prepare the future.