Description
In this American Book Award winning short story collection, J. California Cooper brings to life thirteen moving short stories that explore the threads and nuances of all kinds of love--whether romantic, familial or friendship. Written in the literary folk tradition associated most often with Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes, Homemade Love draws a vivid picture of Black characters finding love in the most unlikely of places.
Author: J. California Cooper
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 08/27/2024
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 8.26h x 5.36w x 0.58d
ISBN13: 9781250857736
ISBN10: 1250857732
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Short Stories (single author)
- Fiction | African American & Black | Women
Author: J. California Cooper
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 08/27/2024
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 8.26h x 5.36w x 0.58d
ISBN13: 9781250857736
ISBN10: 1250857732
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Short Stories (single author)
- Fiction | African American & Black | Women
About the Author
J. California Cooper is the author of novels, six collections of stories, and seventeen plays. Her book Homemade Love was the winner of the American Book Award in 1989, and she has been honored as the Black Playwright of the Year. She has also received the James Baldwin Writing Award and the Literary Lion Award from the American Library Association. She lived in California until her death in 2014.