I Hear a Symphony: African Americans Celebrate Love. - book reviews
T. Andreas SpelmanI Hear a Symphony: African Americans Celebrate Love edited by Paula L. Woods and Felix H. Liddell (Anchor/Doubleday. 1994. $27.95)--Gorgeous color illustrations of the work of some of our most renowned artists--including Archibald Motley Jr., William H. Johnson, Romare Bearden and Lois Mailou Jones--are surrounded by love letters, poetry, essays and fiction that explore love. Lavishly designed, this gift book holds engrossing narratives embodying love of family, friends, partners, community and the earth written by such luminaries as W.E.B. Du Bois, Nikki Giovanni, John Edgar Wideman, Toni Morrison and James Baldwin.
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