Linda Bryant


Linda Bryant is a writer, poet, activist, and was co-owner of Charis Books & More in Atlanta, Georgia. Linda founded Charis in 1974, and it remains the oldest feminist bookstore in the South. She lives in Atlanta with her partner, Wendy, and enjoys spending time with her 29-year-old son and his family.

In this lovely collection, girls and women of various ages and cultures explore disparate meanings of home. This important book brings together a range of intriguing voices, both familiar and new. they are voices from the gaps, voices of the future, voices that deserve and demand to be heard. --Valerie Boyd, Author of Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston *The Charis Circle High School Women Writers' Group is the reason this book exists. While many of them have pieces of writing in this book, all of them have been a part of the voice and spirit that brought this book into fruition. Contributing Authors in order of appearance: Linda Bryant, Shay Youngblood, Liz Snyder-Lotz, Amanda Dean, asha bandele, Rachel Ramsay, Hannah Johnson, Martha Watts, Corey Monteith, Laurel Berryman, Hannah Logan, Molly Reed, Sarah Autin, Pearl Cleage, Jessica Care Moore, Alice Walker, Abigail Sewell, Ruby-Beth Buitekant, Amanda Mills, Emily Saliers, Elizabeth Anderson, Minnie Bruce Pratt, Alexis Gumbs, Alix Olson, Rosemary Daniell, Dante DeStefano, Merril Mushroon, Beatrice Sullivan, Nikky Finney, Jennifer Baumgardner, Amanda Monson, bell hooks, Annamarie Harmon, Any richards, Sarah Landrum, Catherine McKinley.