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GIRLS a Black Feminist Anthology A Black Fen1inist Anthology BLANK PAGE HOME GIRLS A Black Feminist Anthology Edited by Barbara Smith Rutgers University Press New Brunswick, New Jersey, and London First published in 1983 by Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press Reprinted in 2000 by Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, New Jersey Copyright © 1983, 2000 by Barbara Smith Photographs in "A Home Girls Album" were selected from among those submit­ ted by contributors on the basis of clarity for reproduction. Photo format de­ signed by Susan Yung. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Home girls : a Black feminist anthology I edited by Barbara Smith. p. cm. Originally published: New York: Kitchen Table-Women of Color Press, cl983. With new preface. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-8135-2753-8 (alk. paper) 1. Afro-American women. 2. Afro-American women-Literary collections. 3. Feminism-United States. I. Smith, Barbara, 1946- E185.86.H7 2000 305.48'896073-dc21 99-052910 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data is available. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher. Please contact Rutgers Univer­ sity Press, 100 Joyce Kilmer Avenue, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854. The only exception to this prohibition is "fair use" as defined by U.S. copyright law. Manufactured in the United States of America BARBARA SMITH: "Preface to the Rutgers University Press Edition," copy­ right © 2000 by Barbara Smith. BARBARA SMITH: "Introduction," copyright O 1983 by Barbara Smith. TOI DERRICOTTE: "The Damned,''.copyright C 1983 by Toi Derricotte. TOI DERRICOTTE: "Hester's Song,'' copyright C 1983 by Toi Derricotte. MICHELLE CLIFF: "If I Could Write This in Fire I Would Write This in Fire," copyright c 1982 by Michelle Cliff, from IKON; reprinted by permission. CENEN and BARBARA SMITH: "The Blood-Yes, the Blood," copyright e 1983 by Cenen and Barbara Smith. SPRING REDD: "Some­ thing Latino Was Up With Us," copyright@ 1983bySpringRedd. DONNA KATE RUSHIN: "The Black Back-Ups," copyright C 1983 by Donna Kate Rushin. BARBARA SMITH: "Home,'' copyright @ 1983 by Barbara Smith, from Conditions: Eight; reprinted by permission. JEWELLE GOMEZ: "A Cultural Legacy Denied and Discovered: Black Lesbians in Fiction by Women," copyright@ 1983 by Jewelle Gomez. GLORIA T. HULL: "What It Is I Think She's Doing Anyhow: Toni Cade Bambara's The Salt Eaters, " copyright© 1983 by Gloria T. Hull. RAYMINA Y. MAYS: "LeRoy's Birth­ day," Copyright© 1982 by Raymina Y. Mays, from Feminary; reprinted by permission. BARBARA A. BANKS: "Miss Esther's Land," copyright© 1983 by Barbara A. Banks. CHERYL CLARKE: "The Failure to Transform: Homophobia in the Black Community," copyright © 1983 by Cheryl Clarke. JUNE JORDAN: "From Sea to Shining Sea," copyright C 1982 Feminist Studies: reprinted by permission. CHERYL CLARKE: "Women of Summer,'' copyright C 1979 by Cheryl Clarke. SHIRLEY 0. STEELE: "Shoes Are Made for Walking," copyright @ 1980 by Shirley 0. Steele, from Gap Tooth Girlfriends: An Anthology; reprinted by permission. THE COMBAHEE RIVER COLLECTIVE: "The Combahee River Collec­ tive Statement," copyright e 1978 by Zillah Eisenstein, from Capitalist Patriarchy and the Case for Socialist Feminism (Monthly Review Press); reprinted by permission. TANIAABDULAHAD, GWENDOLYNROGERS, BARBARA SMITH, & JAMEELAH WAHEED: "Black Lesbian/Feminist Organizing: A Conversation," copyright C 1983 by Tania Abdulahad, Gwendolyn Rogers, Barbara Smith, & Jameelah Waheed. DONNA KATE RUSHIN: "The Black Goddess," copyright C 1983 by Donna Kate Rushin. LUISAH TEISH: "Women's Spirituality: A Household Act," copyright C 1983 by Luisah Teish. ALICE WALKER: "Only Justice Can Stop a Curse," copyright C 1982 by Alice Walker, from Mother Jones: reprinted by permission. BERNICE JOHNSON REAGON: "Coalition Politics: Turn­ ing the Century," copyright C 1983 by Bernice Johnson Reagon. The following material appeared in Conditions: Five, The Black Women's Issue and is reprinted by permission. GLORIA T. HULL: "Poem," copyright C 1979 by Gloria T. Hull. TOI DERRICOTTE: "For a Godchild, Regina, On the Occasion of Her First Love," copyright C 1979 by Toi Derricotte. ALEXIS DEVEAUX: "The Sisters," copyright c 1979 by Alexis DeVeaux. MICHELLE T. CLINTON: "Debra," copyright C 1979 by Michelle T. Clinton. CHIRLANE MCCRAY: "Poem," copyright C 1979 by Chirlane McCray. GLORIA T_. HULL: "'Under the Days': The Buried Life and Poetry of Angelina Weld Grimke." copyright C 1979 by Gloria T. Hull. ANN ALLEN SHOCKLEY: "The Black Lesbian in American Literature: An Overview," copyright C 197 9 by Ann Allen Shockley. RENITA WEEMS: "'Artists Without Art Forms': A Look at One Black Woman's World of Unrevered Black Women," copy­ right C 1979 by Renita Weems. PATRICIA JONES: "I've Been Thinking of Diana Sands," copyright C 1979 by Patricia Jones. AUDRE LORDE: "Tar Beach," copyright C 1979 by Audre Lorde, also reprinted in Zami: A New Spelling of My Name (Persephone Press); reprinted by permission. DONNA ALLEGRA: "Before I Dress and Soar Again," copyright C 1979 by Donna Allegra. BEVERLY SMITH: "The Wedding," copyright C 1979 by Beverly Smith. BECKY BIRTHA: "Maria de Las Rosas." copyright C 1979 by Becky Birtha. PAT PARKER: "Where Will You Be?" copyright c 1978 by Pat Parker, also reprinted in Movement in Black (Diana Press); reprinted by permission. WILLIE M. COLEMAN: "Among the Things That Use to Be," copyright C 1979 by Willie M. Coleman. DONNA KATE RUSHIN: "The Tired Poem, Last Letter from a Typical Unemployed Black Professional Woman," copyright C 1979 by Donna Kate Rushin. DEIDRE MCCALLA: "Billy De Lye," copyright C 1976 by Deidre McCalla. LINDA C. POWELL: "Black Macho and 'Black Feminism," copy­ right © 1979 by Linda C. Powell, also reprinted in Radical America; re­ printed by permission. MICHELLE T. CLINTON: "For Strong Women," copyright © 1979 by Michele T. Clinton. BLANK PAGE "But I just get so frustrated because I feel people don't under­ stand where we came from. When I look at the photographs in our scrapbook I ... think if they looked at the house, would they understand better... ? Because of where we were living, the size of the rooms ... Sometimes I do wish people could just see us in the context we grew up in, who our people are." Beverly Smith* For My Family Hilda Beatrice Smith LaRueBrown William Beall Beverly Smith Mattie R. Beall Phoebe Blassengane Rosa Bell Smith Adova Marie English *"Across the Kitchen Table: A Sister-to-Sister Dialogue," This Bridge Called My Back. BLANK PAGE Contents Preface to the Rutgers University Press Edition Xlll Acknowledgments XIX Introduction XXl Poem lix Akaska (Gloria) Hull The Blood - Yes, The Blood For a Godchild, Regina, On the Occasion of Her First Love 3 Toi Derricotte The Damned 6 Toi Derricotte Hester's Song 8 Toi Derricotte The Sisters 10 Alexis De Veaux Debra 13 Michelle T. Clinton If I Could Write This in Fire, I Would Write This in Fire 15 Michelle Cliff The Blood-Yes, The Blood: A Conversation 31 Cenen and Barbara Smith Something Latino Was Up With Us 52 Spring Redd "I Used to Think" 57 Chirlane McCray The Black Back-Ups 60 Kate Rushin Home 64 Barbara Smith Artists Without Art Form "Under The Days": The Buried Life and Poetry of Angelina Weld Grimke 73 Akaska (Gloria) Hull The Black Lesbian in American Literature: An Overview 83 Ann Allen Shockley Artists Without Art Form 94 Renita Weems I've Been Thinking of Diana Sands 106 Patricia Jones A Cultural Legacy Denied and Discovered: Black Lesbians in Fiction by Women 110 Jewelle L. Gomez What It Is I Think She's Doing Anyhow: A Reading of Toni Cade Bambara's The Salt Eaters 124 Akaska (Gloria) Hull Black Lesbians-Who Will Fight For Our Lives But Us? Tar Beach 145 Audre Larde Before I Dress and Soar Again 159 Donna Allegra LeRoy's Birthday 161 Raymina Y. Mays The Wedding 164 Beverly Smith Maria de las Rosas 170 Becky Birtha Miss Esther's Land 172 Barbara A. Banks The Failure to Transform: Homophobia in the Black Comm unity 190 Cheryl Clarke Where Will You Be? 202 Pat Parker A Home Girls' Album Selected Photographs 207 A Hell of a Place to Ferment a Revolution Among the Things That Use to Be 213 Willie M. Coleman From Sea to Shining Sea 215 June Jordan Women of Summer 222 Cheryl Clarke The Tired Poem: Last Letter from a Typical Unemployed Black Professional Woman 247 Kate Rushin Shoes Are Made for Walking 252 Shirley 0. Steele Billy de Lye 262 Deidre McCalla The Combahee River Collective Statement 264 Combahee River Collective Black Macho and Black Feminism 275 Linda C. Powell Black Lesbian/Feminist Organizing: A Conversation 285 Tania A bdulahad, Gwendolyn Rogers, Barbara Smith, Jameelah Waheed For Strong Women 312 Michelle T. Clinton The Black Goddess 315 Kate Rushin Women's Spirituality: A Household Act 318 Luisah Teish Only Justice Can Stop a Curse 339 Alice Walker Coalition Politics: Turning the Century 343 Bernice Johnson Reagon Contributors' Biographies 357 Preface to the Rutgers University Press Edition More than twenty years after some of the work in Home Girls was written, the primary question I want to examine is how effective have Black women been in establishing Black feminism. The answer depends on where one looks. Black feminism has probably been most successful in its impact on the academy, in its opening a space for courses, research, and publications about Black women. Although Black women's studies continues to be challenged by racism, misogyny, and general disrespect, scholarship in the field has flourished in the decades since Home Girls was published. Not only is it possible to teach both graduate and under­ graduate courses focusing on Black and other women of color, but it is also possible to write dissertations in a variety of disciplines that focus on Black women.
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