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Blackberries, Blackberries

Blackberries, Blackberries - Paperback

by Crystal Wilkinson
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Availability:In StockContributor:Crystal Wilkinson, Nikky Finney (Foreword by), Honorée Jeffers (Afterword by)Series:Kentucky VoicesPublish date:2017-02-24Pages:176
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KentuckyISBN-13:9780813169583ISBN-10:813169585UPC:9780813169583Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Short Stories (single author), African American & Black, LiteraryBook Topic:WomenSize:8.40 x 5.40 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SCNAC7CY2Z

As the title implies, this beautifully written collection bursts with stories reminiscent of blackberries----small, succulent morsels that are inviting and sweet, yet sometimes bitter. Crystal Wilkinson provides an almost voyeuristic glimpse into the lives of her characters: Two misfit teenagers seek stolen moments of love and acceptance in the cloak of night ("Hushed"); a woman spends every waking hour obsessed with dying yet ironically watching her loved ones pass away before her ("Waiting

Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KentuckyISBN-13:9780813169583ISBN-10:813169585UPC:9780813169583Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Short Stories (single author), African American & Black, LiteraryBook Topic:WomenSize:8.40 x 5.40 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SCNAC7CY2Z

Crystal Wilkinson is author of The Birds of Opulence, winner of the 2016 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence, and Water Street, which was a finalist for both the UK's Orange Prize for Fiction and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award. The winner of the 2008 Denny Plattner Award in Poetry from Appalachian Heritage magazine and the Sallie Bingham Award from the Kentucky Foundation for Women, she serves as Appalachian Writer-in-Residence at Berea College and teaches in the Spalding University low residency MFA in Creative Writing Program.


Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

Contributor(s)

Crystal Wilkinson, Nikky Finney (Foreword by), Honorée Jeffers (Afterword by)

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Crystal Wilkinson

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