The Resource Black folk could fly : selected writings, Randall Kenan
Black folk could fly : selected writings, Randall Kenan
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The item Black folk could fly : selected writings, Randall Kenan represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Haverhill Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item Black folk could fly : selected writings, Randall Kenan represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Haverhill Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "A personal, social, and intellectual self-portrait of the beloved and enormously influential late Randall Kenan, a master of both fiction and nonfiction. Virtuosic in his use of literary forms, nurtured and unbounded by his identities as a Black man, a gay man, an intellectual, and a Southerner, Randall Kenan was known for his groundbreaking fiction. Less visible were his extraordinary nonfiction essays, published as introductions to anthologies and in small journals, revealing countless facets of Kenan's life and work. Flying under the radar, these writings were his most personal and autobiographical: memories of the three women who raised him-a grandmother, a schoolteacher great-aunt, and the great-aunt's best friend; recollections of his boyhood fear of snakes and his rapturous discoveries in books; sensual evocations of the land, seasons, and crops-the labor of tobacco picking and hog killing-of the eastern North Carolina lowlands where he grew up; and the food (oh the deliriously delectable Southern foods!) that sustained him. Here too is his intellectual coming of age; his passionate appreciations of kindred spirits as far-flung as Eartha Kitt, Gordon Parks, Ingmar Bergman, and James Baldwin. This powerful collection is a testament to a great mind, a great soul, and a great writer from whom readers will always wish to have more to read"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xv, 270 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393882162
- Label
- Black folk could fly : selected writings
- Title
- Black folk could fly
- Title remainder
- selected writings
- Statement of responsibility
- Randall Kenan
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "A personal, social, and intellectual self-portrait of the beloved and enormously influential late Randall Kenan, a master of both fiction and nonfiction. Virtuosic in his use of literary forms, nurtured and unbounded by his identities as a Black man, a gay man, an intellectual, and a Southerner, Randall Kenan was known for his groundbreaking fiction. Less visible were his extraordinary nonfiction essays, published as introductions to anthologies and in small journals, revealing countless facets of Kenan's life and work. Flying under the radar, these writings were his most personal and autobiographical: memories of the three women who raised him-a grandmother, a schoolteacher great-aunt, and the great-aunt's best friend; recollections of his boyhood fear of snakes and his rapturous discoveries in books; sensual evocations of the land, seasons, and crops-the labor of tobacco picking and hog killing-of the eastern North Carolina lowlands where he grew up; and the food (oh the deliriously delectable Southern foods!) that sustained him. Here too is his intellectual coming of age; his passionate appreciations of kindred spirits as far-flung as Eartha Kitt, Gordon Parks, Ingmar Bergman, and James Baldwin. This powerful collection is a testament to a great mind, a great soul, and a great writer from whom readers will always wish to have more to read"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kenan, Randall
- Dewey number
-
- 813/.54
- B
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3561.E4228
- LC item number
- Z46 2022
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Kenan, Randall
- Authors, American
- African American authors
- Label
- Black folk could fly : selected writings, Randall Kenan
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1328002360
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xv, 270 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393882162
- Lccn
- 2022019924
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1328002360
- Label
- Black folk could fly : selected writings, Randall Kenan
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1328002360
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xv, 270 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393882162
- Lccn
- 2022019924
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1328002360
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