Our grandmothers / by Maya Angelou -- Ernestine : a granddaughter's memories / by Jewell Parker Rhodes -- My daughters and me / by Faith Ringgold -- Margaret : a mother for all seasons / by Jewelle Taylor Gibbs -- Everyday use / by Alice Walker -- Nineteen thirty-seven / by Edwidge Danticat -- Daystar / by Rita Dove -- Mother / by Andrea Lee -- Slip and fall / by Cecelie S. Berry -- An unnatural woman / by Martha Southgate -- When wild southern women raise daughters / by Evelyn Coleman -- Unmasking step-motherhood / by Deborah Roberts -- The complex mathematics of mothering / by Aj Verdelle -- Goin' round the bend / by Melba Newsome -- the lost baby poem / by Lucille Clifton -- Many rivers to cross / by June Jordan -- Mother, unconceived / by Erin Aubry Kaplan -- Good night moon / by Felicia Ward -- Mother's house / by Tananarive Due -- Linda Devine's daughters / by Carolyn Ferrell -- From The children of the poor / by Gwendolyn Brooks -- Dancer of the world / by Patricia Smith -- A miracle every day / by Marita Golden -- Elementary lessons / by Rita Coburn Whack -- My girl / by Bethany M. Allen -- Welcome to the world / by Dawn Turner Trice -- Too blessed to be stressed / by Suzan D. Johnson Cook -- A new balance / by Florence Ladd -- Journeys / by Maxine Clair.