Mozart and Leadbelly
By Ernest J. Gaines
By Ernest J. Gaines
By Ernest J. Gaines
By Ernest J. Gaines
Part of Vintage Contemporaries
Part of Vintage Contemporaries
Category: Essays & Literary Collections | Literary Criticism
Category: Essays & Literary Collections | Literary Criticism
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$18.00
Oct 17, 2006 | ISBN 9781400096459
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Dec 18, 2007 | ISBN 9780307426956
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Praise
“Gaines is one of the nation’s most important and prolific living writers and the greatest American writer of his generation to emerge from the South since William Faulkner.” –The Atlanta Journal Constitution
“No one writes about mainstream, ordinary black life as well as Gaines does.” –Ishmael Reed
“Gaines reveals the constant doubts accompanying the artist’s quest — as well as the spirit spurring him forward.” –The Christian Science Monitor
“Words, wondrous and glorious words, burst from Ernest J. Gaines’s heart and pen, describing the events and experiences that led to the publication of his renowned novels. . . . By the end, we feel as if we really know this Louisiana-loving, boundary-breaking author.” –Southern Living
Table Of Contents
Introduction by Marcia Gaudet and Reggie Young
Essays
Miss Jane and I
Mozart and Leadbelly
A Very Big Order: Reconstructing Identity
Bloodline in Ink
Aunty and the Black Experience in Louisiana
Writing A Lesson Before Dying
Stories
Christ Walked Down Market Street
The Turtles
Boy in the Double-Breasted Suit
Mary Louise
My Grandpa and the Haint
In His Own Words:
Ernest J. Gaines in Conversation
A Literary Salon: Oyster/Shrimp Po’boys, Chardonnay,
and Conversation with Ernest J. Gaines
Ernest J. Gaines, Marcia Gaudet, and Darrell Bourque
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