The Stories of James Alan McPherson (Masterplots II: African American Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: James Alan Mcpherson
- First Published: 1969
- Type of Work: Short stories
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: 1960’s, Race, Sex or sexuality, Authors or writers, Interracial relationships, Writing, Working class, Trains, Stereotypes, Waiters or waitresses
James Alan McPherson was immediately recognized for his talent as a writer. In the same year that he was graduated from Harvard Law School, his first collection of short stories, Hue and Cry, was published. McPherson was twenty-five at the time, and a year later he was awarded an O. Henry Prize for the volume’s title story. Less than ten years later, his second collection, Elbow Room, was published and received the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. In 1981, McPherson was honored with the prestigious MacArthur Foundation Award.
Such prompt and extensive praise has...
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