- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- I Wish I Had a Red Dress
- Date of Original:
- 2001
- Subject:
- Books--United States
Literature
Fiction
African American women
Dresses--United States
Women--United States
Cleage, Pearl. I wish I had a red dress - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- covers (gathered matter components)
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- In her novel I Wish I Had a Red Dress (2001), Pearl Cleage addresses the challenges modern-day Black women face.
Image of the cover of the 2001 Pearl Cleage novel I Wish I Had a Red Dress. The cover features a stylized image of an African American woman twirling in a voluminous red and white dress. In this novel Cleage addresses the challenges modern-day black women face.
Pearl Cleage is a fiction writer, playwright, poet, essayist, and journalist who has lived in Atlanta, Georgia for more than thirty years. In her writing, Cleage draws on her experiences as an activist for AIDS and women's rights, and she cites the rhythms of black life as her muse. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/pearl-cleage-b-1948/m-486/
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/pearl-cleage-b-1948
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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