A literary rent party to benefit the Hurston/Wright Foundation of African-American fiction, with selections to savor from bestselling authors as well as talented rising stars. Not since Terry McMillan's Breaking Ice have so many African-American writers been brought together in one volume. A stellar
Gumbo: an anthology of African American writing
โ Scribed by E. Lynn Harris
- Publisher
- Crown/Archetype;Harlem Moon
- Year
- 2003;2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 629 KB
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
A literary rent party to benefit the Hurston/Wright Foundation of African-American fiction, with selections to savor from bestselling authors as well as talented rising stars.
Not since Terry McMillan's Breaking Ice have so many African-American writers been brought together in one volume. A stellar collection of works from more than fifty hot names in fiction, Gumbo represents remarkable synergy. Edited by bestselling luminaries Marita Golden and E. Lynn Harris, this collection spans new and previously published tales of love and luck, inspiration and violation, hip new worlds and hallowed heritage from voices such as:
โข Edwidge Danticat
โข Eric Jerome Dickey
โข Kenji Jasper
โข John Edgar Wideman
โข Terry McMillan
โข David Anthony Durham
โข Bertice Berry
...and many, many more
Also featuring original stories by Golden and Harris themselves, Gumbo heralds the debut of the...
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