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Gayl Jones
Gayl Jones 0000000109336115 “Gayl Jones is an exceptionally talented writer.” —Robert Fleming Gayl Jones was born on November 23, 1949, in Lexington, Kentucky. Her father Franklin J...
The Birdcatcher
The Birdcatcher Gayl Jones 9780807029947 Fiction Beacon Press Beacon Press Publishers Weekly Top 10 BEST BOOKS OF 2022 “Gayl Jones’s work represents a watershed in American literature.” —Imani Per...
Gayl Jones: The Language Of Voice And Freedom In Her Writings
Gayl Jones: The Language Of Voice And Freedom In Her Writings Casey Clabough 9780786433797 Nonfiction McFarland McFarland Gayl Jones is dedicated to the art of "verbal authenticity," stemming from her...
The Healing
The Healing Gayl Jones 9780807063255 Fiction Beacon Press Beacon Press Gayl Jones’s special gift is to shape experience and make it seem unshaped. -John Alfred Avant, The New RepublicGayl Jones’s firs...
Song for Almeyda and Song for Anninho
Song for Almeyda and Song for Anninho Gayl Jones 9780807029909 Poetry Beacon Press Beacon Press From the highly acclaimed author of Corregidora and The Healing—two epic poems, the love songs of fugiti...
Palmares
Palmares Gayl Jones 9780807033494 Fiction Beacon Press Beacon Press The epic rendering of a Black woman’s journey through slavery and liberation, set in 17th-century colonial Brazil; the return of a m...
Butter: Novellas, Stories, and Fragments
Butter: Novellas, Stories, and Fragments Gayl Jones 9780807030011 Fiction Beacon Press Beacon Press A wide-ranging collection, including two novellas and ten stories exploring complex identities, from...
The Unicorn Woman
The Unicorn Woman Gayl Jones 9780807030035 Fiction Beacon Press Beacon Press Marking a dramatic new direction for Jones, a riveting tale set in the Post WWII South, narrated by a Black soldier who r...
Liberating Voices: Oral Tradition In African American Literature
Liberating Voices: Oral Tradition In African American Literature Gayl Jones 9780674530249 Nonfiction Harvard University Press Harvard University Press The powerful novelist here turns penetrating crit...
Fish Tales (1984)
Fish Tales (1984) Nettie Jones 9780394532943 Fiction Random House Penguin Random House A new version was published in 2025“Mostly forgotten and long out-of-print, Fish Tales by Nettie Jones is an ofte...
