We Are Bridges // A Memoir

“In this evocative memoir, Cassandra Lane deftly uses the act of imagination to reclaim her ancestors story as a backdrop for telling her own. The tradition of Black womens storytelling leaps forward within these pagesinto fresh, daring, and excitingly new territory.” Bridgett M. Davis, author ofThe World According to Fannie Davis

When Cassandra Lane finds herself pregnant at thirty-five, the knowledge sends her on a poignant exploration of memory to prepare for her entry into motherhood.She moves betweenthe twentieth-century rural South and present-day Los Angeles,reimagining the intimate life of her great-grandparents Mary Magdelene Magee and Burt Bridges, and Burt’s lynching at the hands of vengeful white men in his southern town.

We Are Bridgesturns to creative nonfiction to reclaim a family history from violent erasure so that a mother can gift her child with an ancestral blueprint for their future. Haunting and poetic, this debut traces the strange fruit borne from the roots of personal loss in one Black familyand considers how to take back ones American story.

• Publisher:The Feminist Press at CUNY (April 20, 2021)
• Language:English
• Paperback:232 pages
• ISBN-10:1952177928
• ISBN-13:9781952177927
• Item Weight:11.2 ounces
• UNSPSC-Code:55101500
• Dimensions:5.4 x 0.8 x 7.9 inches