Kiss the scars on the back of my neck : stories / Joe Okonkwo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Okonkwo, Joe, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Desire--Fiction.

Desire.

Sexual minorities--Fiction.

Sexual minorities.

African Americans--Fiction.

African Americans.

Short stories.

LGBTQ+ people.

Genre:

Fiction.

Short stories.

LGBTQ+ fiction

Physical Description:

181 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Michigan : Amble Press, [2021]

Summary:

"The eclectic stories in this collection are bound by the threads of desire in its many forms, above all, the desire for love and a place of safety in a world where being Black and gay can thwart the fulfillment of that longing. The characters are complex, driven, difficult, and even, at times, unsympathetic, but always compelling. In other words: fully rounded human beings living complicated lives. A proud Black woman who escaped her rural, impoverished town returns after the collapse of her marriage and faces the scorn of those she left behind. A middle-aged gay man finds his loneliness temporarily relieved by the arrival of a stray cat. An unhappily married woman becomes enmeshed in her bisexual husband's attempt to create a m̌nage ̉ trois with a much younger man. A 16-year-old boy discovers the power of his sexuality when he embarks upon a dangerous seduction. Two Black men, one mature and rich, the other young and struggling, are drawn into a contentious affair by their shared love of opera. The legendary blues singer Glady Bentley crashes up against the barriers of race and gender when she gets caught up in a police raid."--Amazon.

Contents:

Picnic Street

Skin

Paulie

Gift shop

The girl's table

Fluff

You can't do that to Gladys Bently

Cleo

Kiss the scars on the back of my neck.

Other Format:

Electronic version: Okonkwo, Joe. Kiss the scars on the back of my neck.

ISBN:

9781612942032

1612942032

OCLC:

1226689721

Publisher Number:

99988118811