Works by
Becky Birtha
(Poet, Writer)

Children

• Grandmama's Pride (2005) with Colin Bootman, Illustrator
  It is 1956 and Sarah Marie, her mama, and her little sister are traveling by bus to spend summer vacation with Grandmama down South. From the moment they set foot on the bus, things are different from the way they are at home.
  
  Sarah Marie is going to learn to read this summer, and when she does, she will find out why things are so different in the South.

Poetry

• The Forbidden Poems (1991)

Short Stories

• For Nights Like This One: Stories of Loving Women (1983)

• Lovers' Choice: Stories (1987)
  In her second volume of short stories Becky Birtha confirms and extends her talent for charting the course of women's lives and relationships with insight, poetry and intelligence. She is a writer with a distinctive and original voice.

• Literature by Black Women: A List of Books (1983)