Sisterhood: How a Network of Black Women Writers Changed American Culture Camping & Outdoor Activities and whether her yearning for

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Sisterhood: How a Network of Black Women Writers Changed American Culture Camping & Outdoor Activities and whether her yearning forHonorable Mention, 2024 William Sanders Scarborough Prize, Modern Language Association One Sunday afternoon in February 1977, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Ntozake Shange, and several other Black women writers met at June Jordan's Brooklyn apartment to eat gumbo, drink champagne, and talk about their work. Calling themselves "The Sisterhood," the group which also came to include Audre Lorde, Paule Marshall, Margo Jefferson, and others would get