Title:
Shelter : a Black tale of Homeland, Baltimore / Lawrence Jackson.
ISBN:
9781644450833
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2022]
Physical Description:
329 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Contents:
Advent: color storms rising almost to a hurricane -- Christmas: long quarter at River Bend -- Epiphany: Sunday boys -- Lent: appraisement of negroes at the folly, or dinner -- Eostre in Lafayette Square -- White Sunday: "an invasion of African negroes" -- Ordinary time: the gentle brushing fescue.
Summary:
Touching upon such topics as fatherhood, race, and faith, this collection of essays describes the author's struggles in 2016 to make a home in Baltimore, a place that eventually became the foundation for him to explore his personal and spiritual history, as well as the city's untold stories.
Personal Subject:
OCLC Number:
on1310788580
Availability:
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