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Stumbling blocks : and other unfinished work

Stumbling blocks : and other unfinished work

Phillips, Delores, 1950-2014, author.
Book 2023

"Stumbling Blocks expands and contextualizes the unpublished works of the late African American writer Delores Phillips. Born in Cartersville, Georgia in 1950, Delores Faye Phillips spent much of her childhood in Georgia before moving to Cleveland, Ohio. Best known for her 2004 novel The Darkest Child, which follows the Quinn family as they attempt to survive and escape racism, lynchings, and poverty in Jim Crow Georgia during the 1950s, Phillips...

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ISBN:
9780820364933
Description:
xxxiv, 366 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references
Contents:
Foreword / Linda Miller
Introduction. A timeless American treasure : Delores Phillips's literary legacy / Delia Stevenson
Riding with a friend
Ashes
Forgive me child
Uncle Sam needs you
Success
Shalana
Cousin Nathan
Insatiable death
Gators alley
Queen of rub-a-dub
Sister, you wear it well
One more smoke
I never thought
Jesters
Gardenia Sue
Renwood Circle
Choices
The good side of a man
All talk
Grand slam
The turken
Stumbling blocks
No ordinary rain
LCCN:
2023018069
Control Number:
3375406
Other Authors:
Steverson, Delia, editor, writer of introduction
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