Bibliograph

My one good nerve, Ruby Dee

Type

Label

My one good nerve, Ruby Dee

Language

eng

Illustrations

portraits

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

My one good nerve

Oclc number

39307268

Responsibility statement

Ruby Dee

Summary

Based on her one-woman show, this book offers a collection of "prose, poetry, and ... memory monologues" that tell of Ruby Dee's life

Table Of Contents

Remembrance -- Three Finger Freddie -- While waiting -- Aunt Zurletha -- Bag lady -- I just couldn't -- Evening lady lament -- A real true love story -- Ode to O.D. -- I am somebody -- The mighty gents -- Go on -- Owed to a funny man -- Tupac -- Humpty Dumpty -- Compare -- Some people! -- Shoe lady #1 -- Shoe lady #2 -- Shoe lady #3 -- Jack and Jill -- To pig or not to pig -- Honkies is a blip! -- For James Baldwin -- Elders and partisans -- For Roger Furman -- The photographer -- George Houston Bass -- Lionel notes -- Mamie Phipps Clark -- All that love -- Toni Cade Bambara -- Thinking about Carolyn M. Rodgers -- Thinking about Diana Sands -- For my brother-in-law, Bill Morgan -- Sara and John--we think of them together -- For Marvin Gaye -- I miss the Russians -- The half-people -- Time to -- Daughter -- The dream droppers -- The pain taker -- My one good nerve -- Time. Time -- Double Dutch -- Calling all women

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