We Are Taking Only What We Need
Kansas City, Mo. : BkMk Press, University of Missouri-Kansas City, [2011]
Format: Book
Description: 209 pages ; 22 cm
"These eleven stories blend gravity and humor to depict late 20th century rural North Carolina life, including African American women protagonists who encounter love and relationships, mental illness, racism, and, especially among Jehovah's Witnesses' faith"--Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Family museum of the ancient postcards -- If you hit Randolph County, you've gone too far -- We are taking only what we need -- Unassigned territory -- All the sad etc. -- Welcome to the city of dreams -- Do you remember the summer of love? -- Black power -- Highway 18 -- There can bever be another me.
Subjects:
African American women -- Fiction.
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
North Carolina -- Rural conditions -- Fiction.
North Carolina -- Race relations -- Fiction.
African American women -- Fiction.
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
North Carolina -- Rural conditions -- Fiction.
North Carolina -- Race relations -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781886157798 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
F Watts | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Fiction | In |
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A collection of short stories.