Resource: Talk That Talk

Talk That Talk: An Anthology of African-American Storytelling

Author: Linda Goss and Marian E. Barnes
Year: 1989
Location: personal library

Table of Contents:

1. Animal Tales and Fables
Brer Tiger and Big Wind
No Tracks Coming Back
Brer Rabbit and the Briar Patch
Kind of De World
Why Anansi Hides in Corners
Anancy an Him Story
Anansi's Riding Horse
Rooster and Roach
The Ant Story
Why the Rabbit is Alert
Brer Rabbit and Buh King
The Frog who Wanted to be a Singer
The Butterfly
Don't Play with Your Supper
Bush Got Ears
How Trouble Made the Monkey Eat Pepper
Uglier than a Grinning Buzzard
The Story fo Skun and Why He Has Such a Bad Smell
How the Snake Got its Rattles
A tunnel to Our Ancestors
The Story of the Eagle
Animal Tales and Lore
Trickster, The Revolutionary Hero

2. History Remembered

3. Sermons

4. Traditional and Contemporary Stories of Family and Home

5. Tales of Ghosts and Witches

6. Humorous Tales and Anecdotes

7. Raps, Rhythms, and Rhymes