You made me love you : selected stories, 1981-2018 / John Edgar Wideman.
| Author/creator | Wideman, John Edgar author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First Scribner hardcover edition. |
| Publication | New York : Scribner, 2021. |
| Copyright Date | ©2021 |
| Description | xxvii, 462 pages : genealogical table ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| Included Work | Wideman, John Edgar To Robby. |
| Included Work | Wideman, John Edgar Damballah: good serpent of the sky. |
| Included Work | Wideman, John Edgar Begat chart. |
| Included Work | Wideman, John Edgar Damballah. |
| Included Work | Wideman, John Edgar Daddy garbage. |
| Included Work | Wideman, John Edgar Lizabeth. |
| Included Work | Wideman, John Edgar Across the wide Missouri. |
| Included Work | Wideman, John Edgar Tommy. |
| Included Work | Wideman, John Edgar Solitary. |
| Included Work | Wideman, John Edgar Doc's story. |
| Uniform title | Short stories. Selections |
| Contents | To Robby -- Damballah: good serpent of the sky -- Begat chart -- Damballah -- Daddy garbage -- Lizabeth -- Across the wide Missouri -- Tommy -- Solitary -- Doc's story -- Surfiction -- Fever -- All stories are true -- Backseat -- What he saw -- Newborn thrown in trash and dies -- Welcome -- Weight -- The silence of Thelonious Monk -- Are dreams faster than the speed of light -- Who invented the jump shot -- What we cannot speak about we must pass over in silence -- Witness -- To Barry Bonds: home run king -- War stories -- Close -- Party -- Automatic -- Writing -- Breath -- Message -- Manhole -- Martyr -- Ruins -- Cleaning up -- You are my sunshine -- New work -- Short story -- Swimming -- Answering service -- Ghetto -- Review -- Fall -- Now you see it -- First love suite -- Ralph Waldo Ellison -- Genocide -- Passing on -- Haiku -- Wolf whistle -- Shadow -- JB & FD -- My dead -- Maps and ledgers -- Williamsburg Bridge -- Nat Turner confesses -- Collage.. |
| Partial contents | Damballah (1981) -- Fever (1989) -- All stories are true (1992) -- God's gym (2005) -- Briefs (2010) -- American histories (2018). |
| Abstract | Fifty-seven short stories drawn from past collections celebrate the lifelong significance of this major American writer's essential contribution to a form--illuminating the ways that he has made it his own. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Genre/form | Short stories. |
| Genre/form | Short stories. |
| Genre/form | Short stories. |
| ISBN | 9781982148911 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 1982148918 (hardcover) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PS3573 .I26 A6 2021 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |