The remarkable volume includes the work of Rita Dive, W.E.B. DuBois, Ralph Ellison Langston Hughes, Terry McMillan, Walter Mosley, Mike Thelwell, John A. Williams, Frank Yerby and many others!
The
African American West: A Century of Short Stories
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complied by Bruce A. Glasrud and Laurie Champion
Format: Hardcover, 420pp.
ISBN: 0870815598
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Pub. Date: January 2000
Ranging from late nineteenth-century writers such
as Charles Chesnutt to
contemporary authors such as
Walter Mosley, the works in The African American West demonstrate how the
West, as seen through the eyes of African Americans, has evolved over the last
century. Glasrud, a historian, and Champion, a literary scholar, combine their
varying areas of expertise in The African American West, and their introductions
to each part of the book provide both literary and historical insight into the
African American experience in the West.
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: African Americans in the West, A Short Story Tradition
The Ingrate
A Brief Spell by the River
An Adventure in the Big Horn Mountain; Or, the Trials and Tribulations of a
Recruit
The Averted Strike
As the Lord Lives, He Is One of Our Mother's Children
Jesus Christ in Texas
Jim Crow in Texas
The Little Grey House
Children of Chance
Let the Church Roll On
Why I Returned
No Fools, No Fun
The Gun
Grazing in Good Pastures
Mister Toussan
Health Card
Stop, Thief!
Lunching at the Ritzmore
God Bless America
Keys to the City
Son in the Afternoon
Direct Action
The Coming of the Hoodlum
Ticket to Freedom
Judah's a Two-Way Street Running Out
Water Seeks Its Own Level
The Flashlight
Support Your Local Police
Ridin' the Moon in Texas
Young Reverend Zelma Lee Moses
Tell Me Moore
Quilting on the Rebound
Damon and Vandalia
Tenderhead
The Friday Night Shift at the Taco House Blues
Emerald City: Third & Pike
Elbow Room
Long Distances
Now Is the Time
Cry About a Nickel
Surfiction
The Trip Back From Whidbey
Wonderful Teen
The Kind of Light That Shines on Texas
Equal Opportunity
Amen
Contributors
Bibliography
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