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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: Graybar Hotel
    sub title: stories
  title info:
    title: Short stories. Selections
  name:
    name part: Dawkins, Curtis
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: short story
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 2017
    copyright date: 2017
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: vii, 210 pages ; 22 cm.
  abstract: In this stunning debut collection, Curtis Dawkins, an MFA graduate and convicted murderer serving life without parole, takes us inside the worlds of prison and prisoners with stories that dazzle with their humor and insight, even as they describe a harsh and barren existence. In Curtis Dawkins's first short story collection, he offers a window into prison life through the eyes of his narrators and their cellmates. Dawkins reveals the idiosyncrasies, tedium and desperation of long-term incarceration, he describes men who struggle to keep their souls alive despite the challenges they face. In "A Human Number," a man spends his days collect-calling strangers just to hear the sounds of the outside world. In "573543," an inmate recalls his descent into addiction as his prison softball team gears up for an annual tournament against another unit. In "Leche Quemada," an inmate is released and finds freedom more complex and baffling then he expected. Dawkins's stories are funny and sad, filled with unforgettable detail, the barter system based on calligraphy, ink tattoos, handmade cards and cigarettes, a single dandelion smuggled in from the rec yard, candy made from powdered milk, water, sugar and hot sauce. His characters are nuanced and sympathetic, despite their obvious flaws. The Graybar Hotel tells moving, human stories about men enduring impossible circumstances. Dawkins takes readers beyond the cells into characters' pasts and memories and desires, into the unusual bonds that form during incarceration and the strained relationships with family members on the outside. He's an extraordinary writer with a knack for metaphor, and this is a powerful compilation of stories that gives voice to the experience of perhaps the most overlooked members of our society.
  table of contents: County -- A human number -- Sunshine -- Daytime drama -- The boy who dreamed too much -- 573543 -- In the dayroom with Stinky -- Swans -- The world out there -- Six pictures of a fire at night -- Depakote Mo -- Brother goose -- Engulfed -- Leche quemada.
  note: Curtis Dawkins.
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us---
  subject:
    topic: Prison psychology
    geographic: United States
    genre: Fiction
  subject:
    topic: Imprisonment
    geographic: United States
    genre: Fiction
  subject:
    topic: Prisoners
    geographic: United States
    genre: Fiction
  subject:
    topic: FICTION
    topic: Literary
  subject:
    topic: FICTION
    topic: Short Stories (single author)
  subject:
    topic: FICTION
    topic: Crime
  classification: PS3604.A97833 A6 2017
  classification: 813/.6
  identifier: 9781501162299
  identifier: 1501162292
  identifier: 9781501162312
  identifier: 9781501162305
  identifier: 1501162306
  identifier: 2017011310
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 170526
    record change date: 20211222151417.0
    record identifier: in00003887041