We are taking only what we need : stories
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Published
New York : Ecco Press, [2018].
Edition
First edition
Physical Desc
xi, 228 pages ; 20 cm
Status
Northwest Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION WATTS 2017
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FICTION WATTS 2017
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Published
New York : Ecco Press, [2018].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Originally published in 2011 by BkMk Press, University of Missouri-Kansas City.
General Note
©date of introduction is 2017.
Description
In these powerfully rendered, prizewinning stories, working-class African Americans across the South strive for meaning and search for direction in lives shaped by forces beyond their control. The ten stories in this resonant collection deal with both the ties that bind and the gulf that separates generations, from children confronting the fallibility of their own parents for the first time to adults finding themselves forced to start over again and again. In “Highway 18” a young Jehovahs Witness going door to door with an expert field-service partner from up north is at a crossroads: will she go to college or continue to serve the church? “If You Hit Randall County, Youve Gone Too Far” tells of a family trying to make it through a tense celebratory dinner for a son just out on bail. And in the collections title story, a young girl experiences loss for the first time in the fallout from her fathers relationship with her babysitter. Startling, intimate, and prescient on their own, these stories build to a kaleidoscopic understanding of both the individual and the collective black experience over the last fifty years in the American South. With We Are Taking Only What We Need, Stephanie Powell Watts has crafted an incredibly assured and emotionally affecting meditation on everything from the large institutional forces to the small interpersonal moments that impress upon us and direct our lives.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Watts, S. P. (2018). We are taking only what we need: stories (First edition). Ecco Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Watts, Stephanie Powell. 2018. We Are Taking Only What We Need: Stories. Ecco Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Watts, Stephanie Powell. We Are Taking Only What We Need: Stories Ecco Press, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Watts, Stephanie Powell. We Are Taking Only What We Need: Stories First edition, Ecco Press, 2018.
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