In voices that are hip and raunchy, bemused and sardonic, award-winning writer Reginald McKnight conjures a chorus of narratives that reveal the African-American middle class to be a crucible of human experience. Outrageously inventive, disarmingly comic, and urgently disturbing, this collection brings a disparate cast of characters face to face with fault lines of identity and the limbo of living between cultures. "The Kind of Light That Shines" on Texas was first published by Little, Brown and Company in 1992. This ...
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In voices that are hip and raunchy, bemused and sardonic, award-winning writer Reginald McKnight conjures a chorus of narratives that reveal the African-American middle class to be a crucible of human experience. Outrageously inventive, disarmingly comic, and urgently disturbing, this collection brings a disparate cast of characters face to face with fault lines of identity and the limbo of living between cultures. "The Kind of Light That Shines" on Texas was first published by Little, Brown and Company in 1992. This edition is published in cooperation with the Living Writers course at Colgate University.
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Boston. 1992. February 1992. Little Brown. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. Remainder Mark. 0316560561. 194 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Steve Snider. Jacket illustration by Jerry Pinckney. keywords: Literature America Black. FROM THE PUBLISHER-In voices that are hip and raunchy, bemused and sardonic, award-winning writer Reginald McKnight conjures a chorus of narratives that reveal the African-American middle class to be a crucible of human experience. Outrageously inventive, disarmingly comic, and urgently disturbing, this collection brings a disparate cast of characters face to face with fault lines of identity and the limbo of living between cultures. A military brat, in the title story; stalked by a menacing bully in a small Texas town, discovers a greater threat within himself. A writer encounters the devouring power of his own creation in ‘The Homunculus. ' Roscoe, a young bookworm with social ambitions, OD's on crack and spends his first funky day in hell. A doting grandmother confronts her family's legacy of violence in ‘Into Night. ' The young marine in ‘Facetime, ' desperate to lose his virginity, entrusts his manhood to a couple of dangerous friends. For each of these characters, the world is revealed to be a place of fragile balances, threatened by the most obvious and terrible truths. inventory #19292.
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0316560561. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY-customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. Some wrinkles at top spine.; 0.8 x 8.1 x 5.5 Inches; 218 pages.