remembered rapture: the writer at work

Contains Chapters On Zora Neale Hurston, Emily Dickinson, Ann Petry, Lorraine Hansberry, And Toni Morrison. Preface: Rapture From The Deep -- Writing From The Darkness -- Women Who Write Too Much -- A Body Of Work: Women Labor With Words -- Remembered Rapture: Dancing With Words -- Writing Without Labels -- Writing To Confess -- Telling All: The Politics Of Confession -- Writing Autobiography -- From Public To Private: Writing Bone Black -- Class And The Politics Of Writing -- A Life In The Spirit: Faith, Writing, And Intellectual Work -- Divine Inspiration: Writing And Spirituality -- Intellectual Life: In And Beyond The Academy -- Catalyst And Connection: Writers And Readers -- The Writer's True Home -- Black Women Writing: Creating More Space -- Zora Neale Hurston: A Subversive Reading -- Emily Dickinson: The Power Of Influence -- The Legacy Of Ann Petry -- Hansberry: The Deep One -- Writing With Grace: The Magic Of Morrison -- Writer To Writer: Remembering Toni Cade Bambara. Bell Hooks.