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  • Bibliography:
    7 Books
  • First Book:
    December 1975
  • Latest Book:
    June 2022
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Books in Order: 7 titles

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  • Recommended by Entertainment Weekly The hilarious, uncompromising novel about African American domestic workers -- from a trailblazer in Black women’s literature and now featuring a foreword by Roxane Gay First published in Paul Robeson’s newspap...



  • Benjie can stop using heroin anytime he wants to. He just doesn''t want to yet. Why would he want to give up something that makes him feel so good, so relaxed, so tuned-out? As Benjie sees it, there''s nothing much to tune in for. School is a waste o...





  • "A Short Walk" is a sweeping epic novel, which captures the movement of black Americans from the rural south to the urban north. Cora James, born to a black woman who has had a love affair with a white man, grows up poor in South Carolina, marries an...





Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Alice Childress has published 7 books.

Alice Childress does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Trouble in Mind, was published in June 2022.

The first book by Alice Childress, When the Rattlesnake Sounds, was published in December 1975.

No. Alice Childress does not write books in series.