Say I'm Dead
Title | Say I'm Dead PDF eBook |
Author | E. Dolores Johnson |
Publisher | Chicago Review Press |
Pages | 194 |
Release | 2020-06-02 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN | 1641602775 |
"With unflinching honesty, E. Dolores Johnson shares an enthralling story of identity, independence, family, and love. This timely and beautifully written memoir ends on a complicated yet hopeful note, something we need in this time of racial strife." —De'Shawn Charles Winslow, author of In West Mills Say I'm Dead is the true story of family secrets, separation, courage, and transformation through five generations of interracial relationships. Fearful of prison time—or lynching—for violating Indiana's antimiscegenation laws in the 1940s, E. Dolores Johnson's Black father and White mother fled Indianapolis to secretly marry in Buffalo, New York. When Johnson was born, social norms and her government-issued birth certificate said she was Negro, nullifying her mother's white blood in her identity. Later, as a Harvard-educated business executive feeling too far from her black roots, she searched her father's black genealogy. But in the process, Johnson suddenly realized that her mother's whole white family was—and always had been—missing. When she began to pry, her mother's 36-year-old secret spilled out. Her mother had simply vanished from Indiana, evading an FBI and police search that had ended with the conclusion that she had been the victim of foul play.
The Darkest Child
Title | The Darkest Child PDF eBook |
Author | Delores Phillips |
Publisher | Soho Press |
Pages | 433 |
Release | 2018-01-30 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1616958723 |
A new edition of this award-winning modern classic, with an introduction by Tayari Jones (An American Marriage), an excerpt from the never before seen follow-up, and discussion guide. Pakersfield, Georgia, 1958: Thirteen-year-old Tangy Mae Quinn is the sixth of ten fatherless siblings. She is the darkest-skinned among them and therefore the ugliest in her mother, Rozelle’s, estimation, but she’s also the brightest. Rozelle—beautiful, charismatic, and light-skinned—exercises a violent hold over her children. Fearing abandonment, she pulls them from school at the age of twelve and sends them to earn their keep for the household, whether in domestic service, in the fields, or at “the farmhouse” on the edge of town, where Rozelle beds local men for money. But Tangy Mae has been selected to be part of the first integrated class at a nearby white high school. She has a chance to change her life, but can she break from Rozelle’s grasp without ruinous—even fatal—consequences?
The Best Short Plays, 1988-1989
Title | The Best Short Plays, 1988-1989 PDF eBook |
Author | Ramon Delgado |
Publisher | Hal Leonard Corporation |
Pages | 560 |
Release | 2000-05 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 9781557831873 |
(Applause Books). Lose yourself in a universe of forces familiar and frightening in the 21 plays presented in this exclusive volume. The playwrights included here succeed in pushing back the boundaries of conventional dramatic expression. Among them, Lanford Wilson dissects a survivor's anguish after his lover's death in A Poster of the Cosmos and Deborah Pryor spins an eerie tale of spellbinding romance in The Love Talker . Richard Greenberg plots a battle of wills between a young writer and his elusive muse, while Sheila Walsh examines the exchange of a woman's soul for her husband's fame in Molly and James . From the starkly realistic to the fantastic, these plays challenge their audiences to confront the universal from a new perspective.
After Delores
Title | After Delores PDF eBook |
Author | Sarah Schulman |
Publisher | Arsenal Pulp Press |
Pages | 121 |
Release | 2013-09-30 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 155152516X |
A new edition of Sarah Schulman’s funny, sexy, surprising novel about a heartbroken waitress looking for love in New York.
Diva Delores and Opera House Mouse
Title | Diva Delores and Opera House Mouse PDF eBook |
Author | Laura Sassi |
Publisher | Union Square Kids |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9781454922001 |
Fernando the mouse loves helping at the opera, but singer Dolores thinks she deserves a bigger assistant.
Scribners Monthly
Title | Scribners Monthly PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 930 |
Release | 1875 |
Genre | Literature |
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Dolores: a Tale of Disappointment and Distress
Title | Dolores: a Tale of Disappointment and Distress PDF eBook |
Author | Benjamin Robinson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 202 |
Release | 1868 |
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