Gumbo: An Anthology of African American WritingMarita Golden, E. Lynn Harris 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: • Edwidge Danticat • Eric Jerome Dickey • Kenji Jasper • John Edgar Wideman • Terry McMillan • David Anthony Durham • Bertice Berry …and many, many more Also featuring original stories by Golden and Harris themselves, Gumbo heralds the debut of the Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards for Published Black Writers (scheduled for October 2002), and all advances and royalties from the book will support the Hurston/Wright Foundation. Combining authors with a variety of flavorful writing, Gumbo will have readers clamoring for second helpings. |
Contents
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FROM Pride BY LORENE CARY | 77 |
FROM These Same Long Bones BY GWENDOLYN | 115 |
My Heavenly Father by DANA CRUM | 291 |
Lions Blood BY STEVEN BARNES | 299 |
The Knowing By TANANARIVE DUE | 305 |
Luscious FROM Loving Donovan BY BERNICE L MCFADDEN | 315 |
WESLEY | 464 |
An Orange Line Train to Ballston BY EDWARD P JONES | 485 |
Lucielia Louise Turner FROM The Women of Brewster Place | 493 |
100 and Nothing BY J CALIFORNIA COOPER | 512 |
Group Solo by scOTT POULSON BRYANT | 523 |
Love BY BERTICE BERRY | 536 |
FROM Breathing Room BY PATRICIA ELAM | 544 |
Love FROM Drop BY MAT JOHNSON | 554 |
FROM Crawfish Dreams BY NANCY RAWLES | 325 |
Press and Curl BY TAYARI JONES | 333 |
Dont Know Nothin Bout Birthin No Babies FROM | 341 |
Draggin the Dog BY ANIKA NAILAH | 351 |
Museum Guide FROM Black Girl in Paris BY SHAY YOUNGBLOOD | 359 |
School FROM Miss Black America BY VERONICA CHAMBERS | 381 |
Ghost Story FROM Slapboxing with Jesus BY VICTOR D LAVALLE | 389 |
Clarity BY DAVID WRIGHT | 401 |
My Mama Your Mama From Imani All Mine | 412 |
FROM Rails Under My Back By JEFFERY RENARD | 428 |
FROM Dakota Grand BY KENJI JASPER | 446 |
The Dinner Party By E LYNN HARRIS | 455 |
Antiquated Desires by CRIS BURKS | 566 |
FROM Rest for the Weary BY ARTHUR FLOWERS | 572 |
FROM Church Folk BY MICHELE ANDREA BOWEN | 579 |
FROM Commitment By THOMAS GLAVE | 595 |
Black and BIO BY MICHAEL KAYODE | 616 |
Rossonian Days by WILLIAM HENRY LEWIS | 631 |
Helter Skelter BY MARITA GOLDEN | 644 |
Here BY AUDREY PETTY | 658 |
FROM Sap Rising by CHRISTINE LINCOLN | 673 |
Your Child Can Be a Model BY DAVID HAYNES | 803 |
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