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At the age of five, a blind African-American boy is handed over to
a brutal state home. Here Ludlow Washington will suffer for eleven
years, until his prodigious musical talent provides him an unlikely
ticket back into the world. The property of a band, playing for
down-and-outs in a southern dive, Ludlow's pioneering flair will
take him to New York and the very top of the jazz scene - where his
personal demons will threaten to drag him back down to the bottom.
A Drop of Patience is the story of a gifted and damaged man
entirely set apart - by blindness, by race, by talent - who must
wrestle with adversity and ambition to generate the acceptance and
self-worth that have always eluded him.
'More than lives up to the hype' Observer 'Set to become a
publishing sensation' Kirsty Lang, BBC Front Row 'An astounding
achievement' Sunday Times 'The lost giant of American literature'
New Yorker June, 1957. One afternoon, in the backwater town of
Sutton, a young black farmer by the name of Tucker Caliban
matter-of-factly throws salt on his field, shoots his horse and
livestock, sets fire to his house and departs the southern state.
And thereafter, the entire African-American population leave with
him. The reaction that follows is told across a dozen chapters,
each from the perspective of a different white townsperson. These
are boys, girls, men and women; either liberal or conservative,
bigoted or sympathetic - yet all of whom are grappling with this
spontaneous, collective rejection of subordination. In 1962, aged
just 24, William Melvin Kelley's debut novel A Different Drummer
earned him critical comparisons to James Baldwin and William
Faulkner. Fifty-five years later, author and journalist Kathryn
Schulz happened upon the novel serendipitously and was inspired to
write the New Yorker article 'The Lost Giant of American
Literature', included as a foreword to this edition.
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William Melvin Kelley
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'A master at using humour to underscore the horror of racism,
William Melvin Kelley is a writer whose work, decades later,
continues to shed light on that which millions of people would
rather remain hidden' MATEO ASKARIPOUR, AUTHOR OF BLACK BUCK A
searing, provocative satire by one of the most important
African-American novelists of the twentieth century that lays bare
the abiding racism and the legacy of slavery on the psyche of white
America. Mitchell Pierce is a well-off New York ad executive whose
marriage is falling apart. He no longer feels any passion for his
pregnant wife, Tam, and even feels estranged from his toddler son,
Jake. Mitchell is trapped in an unrewarding and loveless life, and
though domestic violence isn't in his character, it is never very
far away, either. Mitchell's life will irrevocably change one day,
though, when a young man appears at his apartment door to pick up
the family's black maid, Opal, for a date. Cooley it turns out is
not a stranger to the household. The twins that Tam is carrying are
a result of superfecundation--the fertilization of two separate ova
by two different males. So when one child is born black and the
other white, Mitchell goes on a quest to find Cooley and make him
take his baby. In the tradition of Brer Rabbit trickster tales, dem
enacts a modern-day fable of turning the tables on the white
oppressor and inverting the history of miscegenation and
subjugation of African Americans.
'There is no need of prophesying that Mr. Kelley will one day be
among the best American short story writers. Dancers on the Shore
proves that he already is' New York Herald Tribune In 1964, two
years after the critically lauded release of his debut novel A
Different Drummer, William Melvin Kelley published his first
collection of short stories, Dancers on the Shore. Reissued in a
new edition by riverrun, these seventeen stories expand Kelley's
literary world, showcase his limitless imagination and spotlight
his inimitable talent.
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Torches Aloft (Hardcover)
William Melvin Bell; Created by The Otterbein Press
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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Gardner develops the reader's mastery of truth, with skills for
identifying the four domains of truth, their unique strengths and
weaknesses, and the authorities who govern them. He includes
techniques for classifying and critiquing assertions of truth, for
polishing debate skills, crafting logical arguments, and
understanding research findings.
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Fivevmen - Champions CD (2015) (CD)
Fivevmen; Contributions by Stan Jones, Randy Everett; Produced by Stan Jones, Doug Williams, …
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Neal Roberson - Awesome God (CD)
Neal Roberson; Executive production by Doug Williams, Melvin Williams
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