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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
- 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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