| Contents |
Stories: The Ariran's last life / Maria Eliza Hamilton Abegunde -- Three letters, one song & a refrain / Chris Abani -- The Headstrong historian / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -- Bread and the land / Jeffery Renard Allen -- Body and soul / Wesley Brown -- Night coming / Desiree Cooper -- Ghosts / Edwidge Danticat -- Been meaning to say / Amina Gautier -- The Torturer's wife / Thomas Glave -- Prince Valiant works the black seam / W. David Hall -- Out of body / Glenville Lovell -- A Few good men / David Nicholson. |
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Novel excerpts: Excerpt from Yellow moon / Jewell Parker Rhodes -- Microstories / John Edgar Wideman -- The Gangsters / Colson Whitehead -- Excerpt from Where the line bleeds / Jesmyn Ward -- Arrivederci, aldo / Kim Sykes. |
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Young adult fiction: Excerpt from Chains / Laurie Halse Anderson -- Excerpt from Up for it : a tale of the underground / L.F. Haines -- Excerpt from Mary Jane / Dorothy Sterling. |
| Abstract |
A collection that celebrates the contributions of African-American authors features short stories and novel excerpts by Michael Thomas, Jacqueline Woodson, Chimimanda Ngozi Adichie, Stephen Carter, and Christopher Paul Curtis. |
| Local note | Little-305131060357Y |
| ISBN | 9780553806908 (hbk) : |
| ISBN | 0553806904 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780553385359 (trade paperback) |
| ISBN | 0553385356 (trade paperback) |
