“If you can walk, you can dance. If you can talk, you can sing.” “Don’t start none, won’t be none.” “If you don’t stand for something you’ll fall for anything.” Whether it was in the church on a hard-shined wooden pew, or around the kitchen table afterward, listening to the wisdom of mothers and fathers, aunts and uncles, grandparents, friends, and leaders, the messages of the proverbs resonate in the souls of the most African-Americans—a sweet refrain heard through striving, reaching, loving, and living. In this powerful collection of stories based on African, African-American, and Biblical proverbs, some of today’s most exciting African-American writers tackle the unifying themes, delicious wit and undeniable wisdom of the proverbs, making them sing for a whole new generation.