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Shades of Black : crime and mystery stories by African-American authors / edited by Eleanor Taylor Bland.

Van Pelt Library PS648.D4 S527 2004
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Bland, Eleanor Taylor, editor.
Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Detective and mystery stories, American.
American fiction--African American authors.
American fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
African Americans.
Genre:
Detective and mystery stories, American.
Fiction.
Short stories.
Penn Provenance:
Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
Physical Description:
xii, 353 pages, 3 unnumbered pages ; 24 cm
Edition:
[First edition].
Place of Publication:
New York : Berkley Prime Crime, 2004.
Summary:
In the only anthology of its kind, "Shades of Black" showcases stories of crime and justice from Walter Mosley, Gar Anthony Haywood, Penny Mickelbury, and more.
Contents:
Preface / Lerone Bennett Jr.
Introduction: What a difference a decade makes / Eleanor Taylor Bland
Since you went away / Frankie Y. Bailey
Cookout / Jacqueline Turner Banks
Double dealing / Chris Benson
Murder on the southwest chief / Eleanor Taylor Bland and Anthony Bland
Secret of the 369th infantry nurse / Patricia E. Canterbury
Doggy style / Christopher Chambers
For services rendered / Tracy P. Clark
Pride of a woman / Evelyn Coleman
Blind alley / Grace F. Edwards
Matter of policy / Robert Greer
Small colored world / Terris McMahan Grimes
Better dead than wed / Gar Anthony Haywood
Werewolf file / Hugh Holton
Deja vu / Geri Spencer Hunter
Survival / Dicey Scroggins Jackson
When blood runs to water / Glenville Lovell
Small matter / Lee E. Meadows
More than one way / Penny Mickelbury
Bombardier / Walter Mosley
Favorable murder / Percy Spurlark Parker
Beginner's luck / Gary Phillips
God of the pond / Charles Shipps.
Notes:
"Text design by Kristin del Rosario."
"Jacket design by George Long."
"With a special tribute to Hugh Holton from Lerone Bennet, Jr."--Dust jacket.
Local Notes:
Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
Banks Collection copy has dust jacket retained.
ISBN:
0425194027
9780425194027
OCLC:
53144506

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