The Stories of Holman (Masterplots II: African American Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: John Holman
- First Published: 1990
- Type of Work: Short stories
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: African Americans, Teaching or teachers, Middle classes, Restaurants, bars, taverns, or pubs, Alienation, Ethnic relations, Death or dying, Lower classes, Drugs, Fate or fatalism, Higher education
Squabble: And Other Stories is the first collection of John Holman’s short fiction. The title story is about a young professor who loses his teaching job because of budget cutbacks and ends up tending bar at a dive where customers have to be searched for weapons before being allowed to enter. He meets an assortment of unusual characters, including a vivacious young woman with whom he contemplates having a love affair. The point of the story seems to be that upward mobility for African Americans is fraught with danger.
In “Peso Street,” another young intellectual type...
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