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Whose Song? : And Other Stories
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Glave, Thomas.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Fiction.
- African Americans.
- Race relations--Fiction.
- Race relations.
- Gay men--Fiction.
- Gay men.
- United States--Social life and customs--20th century--Fiction.
- United States.
- Caribbean Area--Social life and customs--Fiction.
- Caribbean Area.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (285 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : City Lights Publishers, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Thomas Glave walks the path of such greats in American literature as Richard Wright and James Baldwin . . . he cuts to the bone of what it means to be black in America, white in America, gay in America, and human in the world at large." - Gloria Naylor An excerpt: The words to every song on earth are buried deep somewhere. Songs that must be sung, that must never be sung. That must be released from deep within the chest yet pulled back and held. Plaintive and low, they rail; buried forever beneath the passing flesh, alone and cold, they scream. The singer must clutch t
- Contents:
- ACCIDENTS; COMMITMENT; FLYING; - AND LOVE THEM?; THEIR STORY; THE FINAL INNING; A REAL PLACE; THE PIT; WHOSE SONG?; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; About the Author; Praise for Whose Song?
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780872866423
- 0872866424
- OCLC:
- 865332183
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