Honey, Hush!: An Anthology of African American Women's Humor

The vibrant humor of African American women is celebrated in this bold and unique collection that the Miami Herald describes as "breathtakingly broad and deep."

In this "dazzling anthology" (Publishers Weekly), Daryl Cumber Dance has collected the often hard-hitting, sometimes risqué, always dramatic humor that arises from the depth of black women's souls and the breadth of their lives. The eloquent wit and laughter of African American women are presented here in all their written and spoken manifestations: autobiographies, novels, essays, poems, speeches, comic routines, proverbial sayings, cartoons, mimeographed sheets, and folk tales. The chapters proceed thematically, covering the church, love, civil rights, motherly advice, and much more.

• Shuckin’ and Jivin’: Folklore from Contemporary Black Americans
• Mark Twain's Library of Humor. The Primrose Way
• African American Humor: The Best Black Comedy from Slavery to Today (The Library of Black America series)
• Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
• American Satire: An Anthology of Writings from Colonial Times to the Present