A Joyous Revolt: Toni Cade Bambara Writer and Activist (Women Writers of Color)

At long last―a book-length biography celebrates Toni Cade Bambara a seminal literary cultural and political figure who was among the most widely read and frequently reviewed of the well-regarded black women writers to emerge in the 1970s.A Joyous Revolt: Toni Cade Bambara Writer and Activist is the first-ever full-length biography of a trailblazing artist who championed black women in her fiction as well as in her life. This incisive study provides a comprehensive treatment of Bambaras published and unpublished works and it also documents her emerging vision of her role as an agent of change.The biography allows readers into the personal life of Bambara offering personal insights into a woman with a strong public persona and friendships with other celebrated artists of her era. Perhaps most important for those seeking to understand and appreciate Bambaras legacy it connects her oeuvre to the context of her experience and places all of her wide-ranging creative work in the context of her singular vision.Interviews with established writers activists and film makers worldwideExclusive access to personal documents previously unavailable for public review or research