 | Tight Spaces Subjects: Afro-American women -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Social life and customs -- Fiction; Afro-American women authors -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Biography; Women -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Social life and customs -- Fiction; Detroit (Mich.) -- Social life and custo; This expanded edition of Tight Spaces includes six new essays that explore the fulfilling spaces inhabited by Kesho Scott, Cherry Muhanji, and Egyirba High since their book was originally published in 1987. Tight Spaces won the American Book Award in 1988. Kesho Scott is associate professor of American studies and sociology at Grinnell College. She is the author of The Habit of Surviving: Black Women's Strategies for Life and Unlearning Racism: Stop Hurting Others and Ourselves . Cherry Muhanji is visiting professor of women's studies at the University of Minnesota; she is working on a novel called Detroit . Egyirba High is writing a collection of short stories and lecturing in the continuing education program at the University of Minnesota. |
