Ancestral house : the Black short story in the Americas and Europe / edited by Charles H. Rowell
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| Subjects: | Short stories--Black authors |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1995 |
| LC Classification: | P, PN |
| Table of Contents: | Foreword / John Edgar Wideman Introduction / Charles H. Rowell Acknowledgments Absolution 1 My Singular Irene / Jose Alcantara Almanzar 8 Willie Bea and Jaybird / Tina McElroy Ansa 14 The Organizer's Wife / Toni Cade Bambara 21 Words / Amiri Baraka 34 Miss Askew on Ice / Hal Bennett 36 I Used to Like the Dallas Cowboys / Dionne Brand 50 The Evening and the Morning and the Night / Octavia E. Butler 59 Civilization / Oswaldo De Camargo 78 They Called Her Aurora (The Love of Donna Summer) / Aida Cartagena Portalatin 84 Cherry Bomb / Maxine Clair 87 Griff / Austin C. Clarke 95 Columba / Michelle Cliff 110 The Visit / Merle Collins 117 Night Thoughts / Christine Craig 125 Avenues / Luiz Silva 129 Tapestry / Samuel R. Delany 131 Rosena on the Mountain / Rene Depestre 135 Under the Rose / Rita Dove 151 Sweat, Sugar, and Blood / Suzanne Dracius-Pinalie 156 Ark of Bones / Henry Dumas 164 A Letter / Quince Duncan 174 The Miracle / Nelson Estupinan Bass 179 Randall Randall / Percival Everett 188 This Man and Me / Guy-Mark Foster 199 Three Men / Ernest J. Gaines 205 Accidents / Thomas Glave 227 By Love Possessed / Lorna Goodison 241 She Wakes / Claire Harris 246 Kanaima / Wilson Harris 256 Presence / John Holman 262 Circle of Shade / Kelvin Christopher James 265 Alethia / Charles Johnson 274 The First Day / Edward P. Jones 281 The Fisherman's House / Gayl Jones 285 Transits / John R. Keene 292 My Next-to-Last Hit / William Melvin Kelley 300 The Origin of Whales / Randall Kenan 309 Song of Roland / Jamaica Kincaid 317 The Blue Room / Yanick Lahens 324 Marriage Bones / Helen Elaine Lee 328 Shoemaker Arnold / Earl Lovelace 334 City Flesh and Country Manners / Clarence Major 340 Some Get Wasted / Paule Marshall 346 Specimen / John McCluskey, Jr. 354 The More I Like Flies / Reginald McKnight 362 Quilting on the Rebound / Terry McMillan 374 Black Pieces / Mark McMorris 385 The Story of a Scar / James Alan McPherson 392 I Do Not Take Messages from Dead People / Pauline Melville 402 A Happy Story / Opal Moore 413 Recitatif / Toni Morrison 422 A Play / Bruce Morrow 437 Voodoo / Walter Mosley 448 Bewitched / Adalberto Ortiz 452 The Devil's Maw / Stanley Pean 456 Juby's Morning / Richard Perry 463 Stop Frame / M. Nourbese Philip 471 Yawetir / Alix Renaud 480 Enough Rides / Jewell Parker Rhodes 489 Keep a Secret / Esmeralda Ribeiro 498 The Inheritance of My Father: A Story for Listening / Astrid Roemer 503 The Little White Girl / Elio Ruiz 515 This City of Men / Darieck Scott 524 You Think I Mad, Miss? / Olive Senior 541 Her Head a Village / Makeda Silvera 546 Sonatina for Two Drums / Carlos Arturo Truque 551 Kembe / Ana Lydia Vega 557 Nineteen Fifty-Five / Alice Walker 562 Fever / John Edgar Wideman 573 About the Book and Editor 593 Notes on Contributors 595 |
| Additional Authors: | Rowell, Charles H |
| Notes: | LCCN: 95015429 ISBN: 0813320283 (alk. paper) ISBN: 0813320291 (alk. paper) A collection of short stories Contents: Absolution / Ai -- My singular Irene / José Alcántara Almánzar -- Willie Bea and Jaybird / Tina McElroy Ansa -- The organizer's wife / Toni Cade Bambara -- Words / Amiri Baraka -- Miss Askew on ice / Hal Bennett -- I used to like the Dallas Cowboys / Dionne Brand -- The evening and the morning and the night / Octavia E. Butler -- Civilization / Oswaldo De Camargo -- They called her Aurora (the love of Donna Summer) / Aída Cartagena Portalatín -- Cherry bomb / Maxine Clair -- Griff / Austin C. Clarke -- Columba / Michelle Cliff -- The visit / Merle Collins -- Night thoughts / Christine Craig -- Avenues / Luiz Silva "Cuti" -- Tapestry / Samuel R. Delaney -- Rosena on the mountain / René Depestre -- Under the rose / Rita Dove -- Sweat, sugar, and blood / Suzanne Dracius-Pinalie -- Ark of bones / Henry Dumas -- A letter / Quince Duncan -- The miracle / Nelson Estupiñán Bass -- Randall Randall / Percival Everett -- This man and me / Guy-Mark Foster -- Three men / Ernest J. Gaines -- Accidents / Thomas Glave -- By love possessed / Lorna Goodison -- She wakes / Claire Harris -- Kanaima / Wilson Harris -- Presence / John Holman -- Circle of shade / Kelvin Christopher James -- Alēthia / Charles Johnson -- The first day / Edward P. Jones -- The fisherman's house / Gayl Jones -- Transits / John R. Keene -- My next-to-last hit / William Melvin Kelley -- The origin of whales / Randall Kenan -- Song of Roland / Jamaica Kincaid -- The blue room / Yanick Lahens -- Marriage bones / Helen Elaine Lee -- Shoemaker Arnold / Earl Lovelace -- City flesh and country manners / Clarence Major -- Some get wasted / Paule Marshall -- Specimen / John McCluskey Jr. -- The more I like flies / Reginald McKnight -- Quilting on the rebound / Terry McMillan -- Black pieces / Mark McMorris -- The story of a scar / James Alan McPherson -- I do not take messages from dead people / Pauline Melville -- A happy story / Opal Moore -- Recitatif / Toni Morrison -- A play / Bruce Morrow -- Voodoo / Walter Mosley -- Bewitched / Adalberto Ortiz -- The devil's maw / Stanley Péan -- Juby's morning / Richard Perry -- Stop frame / M. Nourbese Philip -- Yawetir / Alix Renaud -- Enough rides / Jewell Parker Rhodes -- Keep a secret / Esmeralda Ribeiro -- The inheritance of my father : a story for listening / Astrid Roemer -- The little white girl / Elio Ruiz -- This city of men / Darieck Scott -- You think I mad, Miss? / Olive Senior -- Her head a village / Makeda Silvera -- Sonatina for two drums / Carlos Arturo Truque -- Kembé / Ana Lydia Vega -- Nineteen fifty-five / Alice Walker -- Fever / John Edgar Wideman |
| Physical Description: | xxxii, 600 p. ; 25 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 32349030 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 0813320283 0813320291 |