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Briefs -- We Flew Over the Bridge: The Memoirs of Faith Ringgold by Faith Ringgold
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The Village Voice
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February 6, 1996
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WE FLEW OVER THE BRIDGE: THE MEMOIRS OF FAITH RINGGOLD By Faith Ringgold Bulfinch Press, $29.95
The artist Faith Ringgold plays with the autobiographical genre in this blend of memoir, self-analysis, and social commentary. From discussion of her Harlem childhood in the 1930s and '40s to her recent successes as an artist and children's book author, Ringgold covers a considerable amount of historical ground: her failed first marriage to Earl Wallace, an aspiring jazz musician; her difficult relationship with her daughter; her role in the feminist and black power movements of the 1960s and '70s; and her struggle to express herself as a visual artist in an indifferent and racist art world. Such ...
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