Description
Even-keeled assessment of the Black experience
Tartt Fiction Award Co-winner! With aplomb and humor and steady eye, this collection looks at the Black experience in Oakland, from the founding of the Black Panthers to present day.
Provocative and insightful, these stories set Oakland, California, look at black experience through a lens that surprises with both its innocence and its sass. Engaging and enjoyable.--Anthony Grooms
Sharp, smart, warm, surprising--Joy Williams
Judy Juanita's stories are wonderfully weird, hilarious, heart-breaking and full of vital, pulsing life. THE HIGH PRICE OF FREEWAYS is the kind of book that strikes a gong in your consciousness and leaves you dazed with unforgettable scenes and details circling your head like stars.--Dan Choan
Fiction. African & African American Studies.
Author: Judy Juanita
Publisher: Livingston Press (AL)
Published: 06/30/2022
Pages: 210
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781604893182
ISBN10: 1604893184
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Women
- Fiction | African American & Black | Historical