"Oprah's book club 2021" -- Book jacket.

Includes bibliographical references.

Family tree -- Song. Dream and fracture -- The definitions of siddity -- Song. What is best -- Permission to be excused -- Jingle bells, damnit -- Song. Deep country -- Creatures in the garden -- Happy birthday -- Pecan trees and various miscellanea -- An altered story -- Song. Brother-man magic -- We sing your praises high -- Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité, goddamnit -- In this spot -- Feminism, womanism, or whatever -- This bitter earth -- You made me love you -- Don't let me lose this dream -- A change is gonna come -- Do right woman, do right man -- The debate -- Founder's Day -- The dirty thirty -- Reunion -- I'm hungry -- All extraordinary human beings -- Nguzo Saba -- Song. For you to love -- The night I fell in love -- Till my baby comes home -- My sensitivity gets in the way -- A house is not a home -- The other side of the world -- Keeping the tune -- Whatever gets you over -- I need my own car -- Shower and pray -- You can be proud -- Song. Which negroes do you know? -- Mammies, or, How they show out in Harlem -- Umoja, youngblood -- Song. The peculiar institution -- Plural first person -- The Thrilla in Manila -- Witness my hand -- My Black female time -- Song. Who remembers this? -- Any more white folks -- Mama's bible -- Like Agatha Christie -- Not hasty -- Every strength -- The voices of children.