{"product_id":"deep-sightings-rescue-missions-isbn-9780679774075","title":"Deep Sightings \u0026 Rescue Missions","description":"Edited and with a Preface by Toni Morrison, this posthumous collection of short stories, essays, and interviews offers lasting evidence of Bambara's passion, lyricism, and tough critical intelligence. Included are tales of mothers and daughters, rebels and seeresses, community activists and aging gangbangers, as well as essays on film and literature, politics and race, and on the difficulties and necessities of forging an identity as an artist, activist, and black woman. It is a treasure trove not only for those familiar with Bambara's work, but for a new generation of readers who will recognize her contribution to contemporary American letters.\u003ci\u003ePreface by Toni Morrison\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eFICTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Going Critical\u003cbr\u003e Madame Bai and the Taking of Stone Mountain\u003cbr\u003e Baby’s Breath\u003cbr\u003e The War of the Wall\u003cbr\u003e Ice\u003cbr\u003e Luther on Sweet Auburn\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eESSAYS AND CONVERSATIONS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Reading the Signs, Empowering the Eye\u003cbr\u003e Language and the Writer\u003cbr\u003e Deep Sight and Rescue Missions\u003cbr\u003e School Daze\u003cbr\u003e How She Came by Her Name\u003cbr\u003e The Education of a Storyteller\"Bambara's passion and concern for her people permeates \u003cb\u003eDeep Sightings and Rescue Missions\u003c\/b\u003e.... So strongly does the book convey Bambara's fiercely loving spirit that even those just making her acquaintance will feel the pain of her loss.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eMiami Herald\u003c\/i\u003eOn December 9, 1995, Toni Cade Bambara died of cancer at the age of 56. In its obituary of her, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e called Bambara, \"a major contributor to the emerging genre of black women's literature.\"Edited and with a Preface by Toni Morrison","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301921509605,"sku":"NP9780679774075","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780679774075.jpg?v=1767724950","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/deep-sightings-rescue-missions-isbn-9780679774075","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}