Literary feature reviews

Letting history be the guide: writings by African‐American women The Temple of My Familiar Alice Walker London: The Women's Press. 1989. 405pp. £12.95hb. Quicksand and Passing Nella Larsen London: Serpent's Tail. 1989. 277pp. £7.95pb. Corregidora Gayl Jones London: Camden Press. 1988. 185pp. £5.95pb. Bird at my Window Rosa Guy London: Virago. 1989. 282pp. £4.99pb. Lyrical Campaigns: selected poems June Jordan London: Virago. 1988. 143pp. £5.99pb. Moving Towards Home: political essays June Jordan London: Virago. 1989. 213pp. £5.99pb. Living by the Word, Selected Writings 1973–1987 Alice Walker London: The Women's Press. 1988. 193pp. £5.95pb. Brazilian backwaters: Jorge Amado's Bahia The violent land Jorge Amado Translated from the Portuguese by Samuel Putnam London: Collins Harvill. 1989. 336pp. £6.95pb Shepherds of the Night Jorge Amado Translated from the Portuguese by Harriet de Onis London: Collins Harvill. 1989. 364pp. £6.95pb Tent of Miracles Jorge Amado Translated from the Portuguese by Barbara Shelby London: Collins Harvill. 1989. 380pp. £6.95pb Show‐down Jorge Amado Translated from the Portuguese by Gregory Rabassa London/New York: Bantam Books. 1988. 422pp. £12.95hb

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