Best African American Fiction: 2009 - ed. Gerald Early, ed. E. Lynn Harris Audiobook

Written by ed. Gerald Early, ed. E. Lynn Harris
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Best African American Fiction: 2009
Edited by Gerald Early & E. Lynn Harris
Read by Tonya Baltimore
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Total # of Tracks: 23
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Introducing the first volume in an exciting new annual anthology featuring the year’s most outstanding fiction by some of today’s finest African American writers.
From stories that depict black life in times gone by to those that address contemporary issues, this inaugural volume gathers the very best recent African American fiction. Created during a period of electrifying political dialogue and cultural, social, and economic change that is sure to captivate the imaginations of writers and readers for years to come, these short stories and novel excerpts explore a rich variety of subjects. But most of all, they represent exceptional artistry.
Here you’ll find work by both established names and up-and-comers, ranging from Walter Dean Myers to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Mat Johnson, and Junot Díaz. They write about subjects as diverse as the complexities of black middle-class life and the challenges of interracial relationships, a modern-day lynching in the South and a young musician’s coming-of-age during the Harlem Renaissance. What unites these stories, whether set in suburbia, in eighteenth-century New York City, or on a Caribbean island that is supposed to be “brown skin paradise,” is their creators’ passionate engagement with matters of the human heart.
Masterful and engaging, this first volume of Best African American Fiction features stories you’ll want to savor, share, and return to again and again.

Stories in this collection:

01) Introduction by Gerald Early, Series Editor
02) Introduction by E. Lynn Harris, Guest Editor
–Stories–
03) Pita Delicious by ZZ Packer
04) Albino Crow by Chris Abani
05) Orb Weaver by Emily Raboteau
06) The Saving Work by Tiphanie Yanique
07) Dance for Me by Amina Gautier
08) Cell One by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
09) In the Blink of God’s Eye by Edward P. Jones
10) This Kind of Red by Helen Elaine Lee
–Novel Excerpts–
11) From “Dark Reflections” by Samuel R. Delany
12) From “The Great Negro Plot” by Mat Johnson
13) From “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” by Junot Diaz
14) From “Man Gone Down” by Michael Thomas
–Young Adult Fiction–
15) From “Feathers” by Jacqueline Woodson
16) From “Harlem Summer” by Walter Dean Myers
17) From “Elijah of Buxton” by Christopher Paul Curtis
18) From “Up for It: A Tale of the Underground” by L. F. Haines