In "Break Any Woman Down," Dana Johnson explores race, identity,
and alienation with unflinching honesty and vibrant language. Hip
and seductive, her stories often feature women discovering their
identities through sexual and emotional intimacy with the men in
their lives.
In the title story, La Donna is a black stripper whose white
boyfriend, an actor in adult movies, insists that she stop
stripping. In "Melvin in the Sixth Grade," eleven-year-old Avery
has a crush on a white boy from Oklahoma who, like Avery, is an
outsider in their suburban Los Angeles school. "Markers" is as much
about a woman's relationship with her mother as it is about the
dissolution of her relationship with an older Italian man.
Dana Johnson has an intuitive sense of character and a gift for
creating authentic voices. She effortlessly captures the rhythmic
vernaculars of Los Angeles, the American South, and various
immigrant communities as she brings to life the sometimes
heavyhearted, but always persevering, souls who live there.
General
| Imprint: |
University of Georgia Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction |
| Release date: |
September 2012 |
| First published: |
October 2012 |
| Authors: |
Dana Johnson
|
| Dimensions: |
203 x 133 x 10mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
168 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8203-4449-2 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Special features >
Short stories
|
| LSN: |
0-8203-4449-4 |
| Barcode: |
9780820344492 |
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