Kiss the Scars on the Back of My Neck
Stories
Ann Arbor, Michigan : Amble Press, [2021]
Format: Book
Description: 181 pages ; 22 cm
"The eclectic stories in this collection are bound by the threads of desire in its many forms, above all, the desire for love and a place of safety in a world where being Black and gay can thwart the fulfillment of that longing. The characters are complex, driven, difficult, and even, at times, unsympathetic, but always compelling. In other words: fully rounded human beings living complicated lives. A proud Black woman who escaped her rural, impoverished town returns after the collapse of her marriage and faces the scorn of those she left behind. A middle-aged gay man finds his loneliness temporarily relieved by the arrival of a stray cat. An unhappily married woman becomes enmeshed in her bisexual husband's attempt to create a ménage à trois with a much younger man. A 16-year-old boy discovers the power of his sexuality when he embarks upon a dangerous seduction. Two Black men, one mature and rich, the other young and struggling, are drawn into a contentious affair by their shared love of opera. The legendary blues singer Glady Bentley crashes up against the barriers of race and gender when she gets caught up in a police raid."--Amazon.
Contents:
Picnic Street -- Skin -- Paulie -- Gift shop -- The girl's table -- Fluff -- You can't do that to Gladys Bently -- Cleo -- Kiss the scars on the back of my neck.
Subjects:
Desire -- Fiction.
Sexual minorities -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction.
Short stories.
Desire -- Fiction.
Sexual minorities -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction.
Short stories.
ISBN:
9781612942032
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
F Okonkwo | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Fiction | In |