Essays by Owen E. Brady, Kelly C. Connelly, Juan F. Elices,
Keith Hughes, Derek C. Maus, Jerrilyn McGregory, Laura Quinn,
Francesca Canad Sautman, Daniel Stein, Lisa B. Thompson, Terrence
Tucker, and Albert U. Turner, Jr.
"In Finding a Way Home," thirteen essays by scholars from four
countries trace Walter Mosley's distinctive approach to
representing African American responses to the feeling of
homelessness in an inhospitable America. Mosley (b. 1952) writes
frequently of characters trying to construct an idea of home and
wrest a sense of dignity, belonging, and hope from cultural and
communal resources. These essays examine Mosley's queries about the
meaning of "home" in various social and historical contexts.
Essayists consider the concept--whether it be material, social,
cultural, or virtual--in all three of Mosley's detective/crime
fiction series ("Easy Rawlins," "Socrates Fortlow," and "Fearless
Jones"), his three books of speculative fiction, two of his
"literary" novels ("RL's Dream," "The Man in My Basement"), and in
his recent social and political nonfiction.
Essays here explore Mosley's modes of expression, his testing of
the limitations of genre, his political engagement in prose, his
utopian/dystopian analyses, and his uses of parody and vernacular
culture. "Finding a Way Home" provides rich discussions, explaining
the development of Mosley's work.
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