Whose Song: And Other Stories

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Whose Song and Other Stories is the literary debut of an exciting and talented young writer. Eight stylistically distinct stories are connected by threads of African American and gay experience, as well as Caribbean and Caribbean American culture and history. The stories are set in the Bronx and other parts of New York City, in Boston, the American South, and the Caribbean. Glave is a deft stylist, and each story reveals yet another successful technical experiment.

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"Thomas Glave has the strong talent and courage to take up the right to enter the inner selves of both black and white characters in his stories...." - Nadine Gordimer "These stories span the globe of human experience and the human heart. They are brutal in some places, tender in others, but always honestly told. A true talent of the 21st century." - Gloria Naylor "Glave's rare insight, boundless courage and fierce imagination make these stories resound long after you turn the last page." - New York Village Voice "What a writerl What a book! Glave is a brilliant writer of startlingly fresh prose...His stories are intricate tapestries of life rendered through a triumphant act of the imagination." - Clarence Major, author of Calling the Wind: Twentieth Century African American Short stories "A true talent of the 21st century." - Gloria Naylor"

Author Bio

Thomas Glave is the only second gay African American writer after James Baldwin to win the O. Henry prize. His fiction and essays have appeared in numerous anthologies including Children of the Night: The Best Stories by Black Writers, Men on Men: Best New Gay Fiction and others.