Tales From the Street

From single motherhood to Uncle Jazz in drag, "Tales from the Street" focuses its readers on a unique viewpoint of urban family life. This series of short stories opens with six-year-olds engaging in social commentary concerning the adult world of sex, childbirth and motherhood proclaiming, "You always bragging about your daddy, but you don't have two mommies like I have...." Varying themes, including brutality, infidelity and sexual experimentation, feature strong African- American women surviving, living and loving.