Circles of Sisterhood: A Book Discussion Group Guide for Women of ColorCircles of Sisterhood serves as a much needed guide to help discussion groups focus on issues that relate to women of color and to their communities. With sales that prove the popularity of black fiction as well as those of other ethnic groups, thousands of book discussion groups are cropping up all over the world. |
Common terms and phrases
A=Autobiography Address African American Alice Walker Amy Tan AN=Anthology Semi-Autobiographical B=Biography Bernadine Black women Black Women's Literary Book Club book discussion group book store BOOKSTORE BWLG CALIFORNIA/SANTA CRUZ UNIVERSITY character CRUZ The University Date/Time Member Intake daughter decide discuss books Dues Meeting Date/Time Ernest Gaines Esmeralda Santiago ethnic F=Fiction facilitator female fiction Founded Membership Gender friends Girl Gloria Naylor Group Year Founded guests host Interest Meeting Iyanla Vanzant John Edgar Wideman LaRue Library The University literary societies M=Memoir Meeting Date/Time Member Monthly Anytime Morrison African American mother Native American NF=Nonfiction novel organized p.m. Anytime Monthly Phone R=Romance reading group refreshments relationships Robin Savannah Serpent's Gift SF=SciFi someone SS-Short-Stories talk Terry McMillan Toni Morrison Toni Morrison African University Library UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA/SANTA Vesta Waiting to Exhale Walter Mosley Washington woman Women's Literary Guild writing