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Set between the 1920s and the present day, STRIVERS AND OTHER STORIES explores a range of African-American and Southern voices reflecting characters striving towards their versions of the American dream. In 13 stories, we meet teachers and doctors, train porters and factory workers, soldiers and musicians; mothers, fathers, children and spouses; mentors and mentees. With a mix of humor and heart, satire and sentiment, this collection captures their everyday struggles...
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"Strivers is an impressive collection filled with memorable characters pushing against the limits imposed on them--by family, fate, racism, and their own flaws and aspirations. With insight and compassion, Williams offers thoughtful portraits of ordinary lives in these stories; in so doing, he presents a varied and vibrant gallery of Black middle-class life in the South. His prose is smart and subtle, and like his characters, it...
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Robert J. Williams was born in Augusta, Georgia. He is the recipient of four Larry Neal Writers' Awards given by the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities for three of his short stories and one screenplay. Educated at Northwestern University and the University of Georgia's Grady Graduate School of Journalism and Mass Communications, he resides in Washington, D.C. where he has worked in digital marketing, advertising and...
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- PublisherWashington Writers' Publishing House
- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 1941551114
- ISBN 13 9781941551110
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages222
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