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Bambara, Toni Cade(Toni Cade)
Born: 1939 AD
Died: 1995 AD, at 56 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Activists, Authors, Professors
Died: 1995 AD, at 56 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Activists, Authors, Professors
1939 - Born on the 25th of March in New York City.
1959 - Finished BA Theater Arts at Queens College New York.
1964 - Awarded MA at City University of New York.
1965-1969 - Served as Professor in City College of New York, Rutgers University and Spelman College.
1972 - Authored the short stories Gorilla, My Love.
1977 - Bambara made the short story The Sea Birds Are Still Alive: Collected Stories.
1980 - Wrote the novel The Salt Eaters.
1987 - Bambara wrote If Blessing Comes.
1995 - She died on 9th of December because of colon cancer.
1996 - Published her anthology Deep Sightings and Rescue Missions.
1999 - Her authored novel was published Those Bones Are Not My Child.
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The Salt Eaters by Toni Cade Bambara (Paperback - Jun 30, 1992) Set in Claybourne, a small town somewhere in the South, THE SALT EATERS is the story of a community of black faith healers who, searching for the healing properties of salt, witness an event that...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Selected Shorts: Fictions for Our Times: Listener Favorites Old&New (Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story) by Toni Cade Bambara and Christine Baranski and Richard Bausch and Ron Carlson (Audio CD - Apr 1, 2004) These three-CD collections feature audiences' best-loved selections from National Public Radio'sSelected Shorts, an award-winning series of classic and contemporary short fiction read by acclaimed... |
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Those Bones Are Not My Child: A Novel by Toni Cade Bambara (Paperback - Oct 24, 2000) On a Friday night in July 1979, the first victim in what would come to be called the Atlanta Child Murders disappeared. Over the course of two years, more than 40 African American children would... In stock soon. Order now to get in line. First come, first served. |
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