Best African American Fiction 2009
New York : Bantam Books, 2009.
Format: Book
Edition: Bantam hardcover and trade paperback editions.
Description: xvii, 316 pages ; 25 cm
Introducing the first volume in an exciting new annual anthology featuring the year's most outstanding fiction by some of today's finest African American writers. From stories that depict black life in times gone by to those that address contemporary issues, this inaugural volume gathers the very best recent African American fiction. Created during a period of electrifying political dialogue and cultural, social, and economic change that is sure to captivate the imaginations of writers and readers for years to come, these short stories and novel excerpts explore a rich variety of subjects. But most of all, they represent exceptional artistry. Here you'll find work by both established names and up-and-comers, ranging from Edward P. Jones, Walter Dean Myers, and Stephen L. Carter to ZZ Packer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Mat Johnson, and Junot Díaz. They write about subjects as diverse as the complexities of black middle-class life and the challenges of interracial relationships, a modern-day lynching in the South and a young musician's coming-of-age during the Harlem Renaissance. What unites these stories, whether set in suburbia and "the heart of whiteness," in eighteenth-century New York City, or on a Caribbean island that is supposed to be "brown skin paradise," is their creators' passionate engagement with matters of the human heart. Masterful and engaging, this first volume ofBest African American Fictionfeatures stories you'll want to savor, share, and return to again and again. Please click the "Behind the Book" link for contributor's bios.
Contents:
Pita delicious / ZZ Packer -- Albino crow / Chris Abani -- Orb weaver / Emily Raboteau -- The saving work / Tiphanie Yanique -- Dance for me / Amina Gautier -- Cell one / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -- In the blink of God's eye / Edward P. Jones -- This kind of red / Helen Elaine Lee -- Novel excerpts: Dark reflections/ Samuel R. Delany -- The great Negro plot / Mat Johnson -- The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao / Junot Díaz -- Man gone down / Michael Thomas -- Young adult fiction: Excert from Feathers / Jacqueline Woodson -- Excerpt from Harlem summer / Walter Dean Myers -- Excerpt from Elijah of Buxton / Christopher Paul Curtis -- Excerpt from Up for it: a tale of the underground / L.F. Haines.
Subjects:
American fiction -- African American authors.
American fiction -- 21st century.
African Americans -- Fiction.
American fiction -- African American authors.
American fiction -- 21st century.
African Americans -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780553806892
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LITERATURE Bes | Southeast | Nonfiction | In |