“I Work to Produce Stories That Save Our Lives” — Toni Cade Bambara

Authors

• Barbara DiBernard, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

February 1988

Comments

Published in the Women’s Journal Advocate, vol. 7, no. 1 (February 1988). Copyright © 1988 Barbara DiBernard.

Abstract

Toni Cade Bambara is a writer of responsibility and hope, a writer who sees violence, injustice, and oppression, but who believes in the ability of human beings to transform themselves and their situations. In her two collections of short stories, Gorilla, My Love and The Sea Birds Are Still Alive, and the novel, The Salt Eaters, Bambara shows us the possibilities for laughter and transformation by oppressed people, especially the Black community of which she is a part.