Author
Early, Gerald Lyn.
PublisherNew York : Ballantine Books, c2010.
ISBN9780553806908
SummaryA collection that celebrates the contributions of African-American authors features short stories and novel excerpts by Michael Thomas, Jacqueline Woodson, Chimimanda Ngozi Adichie, Stephen Carter, and Christopher Paul Curtis.
Descriptionxix, 313 p. ; 24 cm.
NoteIncludes bibliographical references.
NoteStories: The Ariran's last life / Maria Eliza Hamilton Abegunde -- Three letters, one song & a refrain / Chris Abani -- The Headstrong historian / Chimananda Ngozi Adichie -- Bread and the land / Jeffery Renard Allen -- Body and soul / Wesley Brown -- Night coming / Desiree Cooper -- Ghosts / Edwidge Danticat -- Been meaning to say / Amina Gautier -- The torturer's wife / Thomas Glave -- Prince Valiant works the black seam / W. David Hall -- Out of body / Glenville Lovell -- A Few good men / David Nicholson -- Novel excerpts: Excerpt from Yellow moon / Jewell Parker Rhodes -- Microstories / John Edgar Wideman -- The Gangstery / Colson Whitehead -- Excerpt from Where the line bleeds / Jesmyn Ward -- Arrivederci, Aldo / Kim Skyes -- Young adult fiction: Excerpt from Chains / Laurie Halse Anderson -- Excerpt from Up for it : a tale of the underground / L.F. Haines -- Excerpt from Mary Jane / Dorothy Sterling.
