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Mozart and Leadbelly : stories and essays /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gaines, Ernest J., 1933-2019
Other Authors: Gaudet, Marcia G., Young, Reggie
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Knopf, 2005.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Louisiana > Social life and customs > Fiction.
Gaines, Ernest J., > 1933- > Childhood and youth.
Authors, American > 20th century > Biography.
African American authors > Biography.
African Americans > Fiction.
California > Biography.
Louisiana > Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.