"Literature, Modern." . . "African American women authors 20th century Interviews." . . "African Americans Social life and customs." . . "American literature." . . "1900 - 1999" . . "1900 - 2099" . . "Gloria Naylor"@en . . . "Video recordings"@en . . . . . "In this program, one of the most astute observers of contemporary African American life discusses the value and difficulty of maintaining an African American identity in a world dominated by whites, urging viewers \"to celebrate voraciously that which is yours.\" The breadth of her vision, from rural South to urban ghetto to the black middle class, is revealed as she reads from The Women of Brewster Place, Linden Hills, and Mama Day, in the last of these calling upon an urbanized boy to look to his African American past for strength."@en . "An interview with author Gloria Naylor. Therein, Naylor discusses the influence of other black women writers on herself, growing up in the South, her early involvement with religion, learning to articulate one's experience, writing in different voices, and writing to explore one's beliefs."@en . . . . . . . "I don't believe that life is supposed to make you feel good, or make you feel miserable either,\" says Gloria Naylor. \"Life is just supposed to make you feel.\" This insight into life's subtle rhythms suffuses Naylor's critically acclaimed work, The Women of Brewster Place, which won a National Book Award for \"First Novel.\" In this program, Naylor discusses The Women of Brewster Place and Mama Day-explorations across the social spectrum of what it means to be black in America." . "I don't believe that life is supposed to make you feel good, or make you feel miserable either,\" says Gloria Naylor. \"Life is just supposed to make you feel.\" This insight into life's subtle rhythms suffuses Naylor's critically acclaimed work, The Women of Brewster Place, which won a National Book Award for \"First Novel.\" In this program, Naylor discusses The Women of Brewster Place and Mama Day-explorations across the social spectrum of what it means to be black in America."@en . . "Conversation with Gloria Naylor"@en . "Videorecording" . "Videorecording"@en . . . . . . . . "Gloria Naylor reads from her works and discusses the value and difficulty of maintaining an African American identity in a world dominated by whites."@en . . "History"@en . . . . "Video recordings for the hearing impaired"@en . "Documentary television programs"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Gloria Naylor talks about her experience as a female Black writer writing specifically about women. Addresses why, what and how she writes and reads from her works."@en . . . . . . . . . . "Internet videos"@en . "Internet videos" . "Filmed interviews"@en . . "Educational films"@en . "Educational films" . . . . . "Short films"@en . . . "In this program, one of the most astute observers of contemporary African American life discusses the value and difficulty of maintaining an African American identity in a world dominated by whites, urging viewers \"to celebrate voraciously that which is yours. The breadth of her vision-from rural South to urban ghetto to the black middle class-is revealed as she reads from The Women of Brewster Place, Linden Hills, and Mama Day, in the last of these calling upon an urbanized boy to look to his African American past for strength."@en . . "Interviews"@en . . . "Nonfiction films"@en . . . . "Documentary films"@en . . . . . . . . . . "In this program, one of the most astute observers of contemporary African American life discusses the value and difficulty of maintaining an African American identity in a world dominated by whites, urging viewers \"to celebrate voraciously that which is yours.\" The breadth of her vision-from rural South to urban ghetto to the black middle class-is revealed as she reads from The Women of Brewster Place, Linden Hills, and Mama Day, in the last of these calling upon an urbanized boy to look to his African American past for strength. (22 minutes)."@en . "Gloria Naylor" . "Films Media Group." . . "American literature 20th century." . . "Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)" . . . .