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008			200615s2020 nyu 000 1 eng
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050	0	0	_aPS3563.O88456 _bA6 2020
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100	1		_aMosley, Walter, _eauthor. _9103963
240	1	0	_aShort stories. _kSelections
245	1	4	_aThe awkward black man : _bstories /
250			_aFirst edition.
250			_aFirst Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bGrove Press, _c2020.
300			_a328 pages ; _c24 cm
505	0	0	_tThe good news is -- _tPet fly -- _tAlmost Alyce -- _tStarting over -- _tLeading from the affair -- _tCut, cut, cut -- _tBetween storms -- _tThe black woman in the Chinese hat -- _tLocal hero -- _tOtis -- _tShowdown on the Hudson -- _tBreath -- _tReply to a dead man -- _tThe letter -- _tHaunted -- _tThe sin of dreams -- _tAn unlikely series of conversations.
520			_a"Bestselling author Walter Mosley has proven himself a master of narrative tension, both with his extraordinary fiction and gripping writing for television. The Awkward Black Man collects seventeen of Mosley's most accomplished short stories to display the full range of his remarkable talent. Mosley presents distinct characters as they struggle to move through the world in each of these stories-heroes who are awkward, nerdy, self-defeating, self-involved, and, on the whole, odd. He overturns the stereotypes that corral black male characters and paints a subtle, powerful portrait of each of these unique individuals. In "The Good News Is," a man's insecurity about his weight gives way to a serious illness and the intense loneliness that accompanies it. Deeply vulnerable, he allows himself to be taken advantage of in return for a little human comfort in a raw display of true need. "Pet Fly" follows a man working as a mailroom clerk for a big company-and the unforeseen repercussions he endures when he attempts to forge a connection beyond the one he has with the fly buzzing around his apartment. And "Almost Alyce" chronicles failed loves, family loss, alcoholism, and a Zen approach to the art of begging that proves surprisingly effective. Touching and contemplative, each of these unexpected stories offers the best of one of our most gifted writers"--
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