Research Catalog

Title

American histories : stories / John Edgar Wideman.

Author

Wideman, John Edgar

Publication

• New York, NY : Scribner, 2018.
• ©2018

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Details

Description

ix, 227 pages; 23 cm

Summary

"In this singular collection, John Edgar Wideman, the acclaimed author of Writing to Save a Life, blends the personal, historical, and political to invent complex, charged stories about love, death, struggle, and what we owe each other. With characters ranging from everyday Americans to Jean-Michel Basquiat to Nat Turner, American Histories is a journey through time, experience, and the soul of our country. "JB & FD" reimagines conversations between John Brown, the antislavery crusader who famously raided Harper's Ferry, Virginia, and Frederick Douglass, the abolitionist and orator, conversations that belie the myth of race and produce a fantastical, ethically rich correspondence that spans years and ideologies. "Maps and Ledgers" eavesdrops on a brother and sister today as they ponder their father's killing of another man. "Williamsburg Bridge" sits inside a man sitting on a bridge who contemplates his life before he decides to jump. "My Dead" is a story about how the already-departed demand more time, more space in the lives of those who survive them. Navigating an extraordinary range of subject and tone, Wideman challenges the boundaries of traditional forms, and delivers unforgettable, immersive narratives that touch the very core of what it means to be alive. An extended meditation on family, history, and loss, American Histories weaves together historical fact, philosophical wisdom, and deeply personal vignettes. More than the sum of its parts, this is Wideman at his best--emotionally precise and intellectually stimulating--an extraordinary collection by a master." -- Provided by publisher

Uniform Title

Short stories. Selections

Alternative Title

Short stories.

Subject

• United States > History > Fiction
• United States

Genre/Form

• Short stories.
• Historical fiction.
• Fiction.
• History.

Note

• "Scribner fiction original hardcover."

Contents

JB & FD -- Dark matter -- Shape the world is in -- My dead -- Music -- Bonds -- New start -- Maps and ledgers -- Writing teacher -- Williamsburg Bridge -- Examination -- Wail -- Lines -- Nat Turner confesses -- Empire -- Yellow sea -- Bunny and Glide -- Snow -- Ghost dancer -- Collage -- Expectations.

Call Number

Sc D 18-201

ISBN

• 9781501178344
• 1501178342
• 9781501178351
• 1501178350
• 9781501178368 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2017061757

OCLC

989963913

Author

Wideman, John Edgar, author.

Title

American histories : stories / John Edgar Wideman.

Publisher

New York, NY : Scribner, 2018.

Copyright Date

©2018

Edition

First Scribner hardcover edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Local Note

Schomburg copy with dust jacket.

Local Subject

Black author.

Research Call Number

Sc D 18-201