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Black boy joy / edited by Kwame Mbalia.
Van Pelt Library PS509.N4 B523 2021
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LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating Youth Black
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American boys--Literary collections.
- African American boys.
- African American teenage boys--Literary collections.
- African American teenage boys.
- African Americans--Literary collections.
- African Americans.
- Boys--Literary collections.
- Boys.
- Young adult fiction, American.
- Young adult poetry, American.
- Short stories.
- American literature--African American authors--Collections.
- short stories.
- Poetry.
- Genre:
- Literary collections.
- Short stories.
- Literature.
- short stories.
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- 296 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First Edition.
- Other Title:
- Black boy joy : 17 stories celebrating Black boyhood
- Black boy joy: seventeen stories celebrating Black boyhood
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Delacorte Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- From seventeen acclaimed Black male and non-binary authors comes a vibrant collection of stories, comics, and poems about the power of joy and the wonders of Black boyhood.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The griot of Grover Street: part one / by Kwame Mbalia
- There's going to be a fight in the cafeteria on Friday and you better not bring Batman / by Lamar Giles
- "The McCoy game" / by B. B. Alston
- The legendary Lawrence Cobbler / by Julian Winters
- First-day fly / by Jason Reynolds
- Got me a jet pack / by Don P. Hooper
- Extinct / by Dean Atta
- Epic venture / by Jay Coles
- The definition of cool / by Varian Johnson
- The griot of Grover Street: part two / by Kwame Mbalia
- Five thousand light-years to home / by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
- Coping / by Tochi Onyebuchi
- The gender reveal / by George M. Johnson
- Kassius's foolproof guide to losing the turkey bowl / by Davaun Sanders
- But also, jazz / by Julian Randall
- Our dill / by Justin A. Reynolds
- Percival and the jab / by P. Djèlí Clark
- Embracing my Black boy joy / by Jerry Craft
- The griot of Grover Street: part three / by Kwame Mbalia.
- Notes:
- Includes information about the authors.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Beardwood Fund bookplate.
- Contains:
- Mbalia, Kwame. The griot of Grover Street.
- Giles, Lamar, 1979- There's going to be a fight in the cafeteria on Friday and you better not bring Batman.
- Alston, B. B. "The McCoy game."
- Winters, Julian. The legendary Lawrence Cobbler.
- Reynolds, Jason. First-day fly.
- Hooper, Don P., Got me a jet pack.
- Atta, Dean. Extinct.
- Coles, Jay. Epic venture.
- Johnson, Varian. The definition of cool.
- Okungbowa, Suyi Davies. Five thousand light-years to home.
- Onyebuchi, Tochi. Coping.
- Johnson, George M. (George Matthew), 1985- The gender reveal.
- Sanders, DaVaun. Kassius's foolproof guide to losing the Turkey Bowl.
- Randall, Julian. But also, Jazz.
- Reynolds, Justin A. Our dill.
- Clark, P. Djèlí. Percival and the jab.
- Craft, Jerry. Embracing my Black boy joy.
- ISBN:
- 9780593379936
- 0593379934
- 9780593379943
- 0593379942
- 9780593379950
- 0593379950
- OCLC:
- 1237807392
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