Pow-Wow: Charting the Fault Lines in the American Experience - Short Fiction from Then to Now

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Overview

Using the yardstick that a short story is any fiction under 15,000 words, Ishmael Reed—with the assistance of Carla Blank—has assembled an anthology that includes work ranging from animal stories of the Northwest Coast Eyaks to African-American folklore to reflections on the American Muslim experience. Pow-Wow is the sequel to Reed’s From Totems to Hip-Hop: A Multicultural Anthology of Poetry Across the Americas, 1900 –2002, a volume that included both Tupac Shakur and T. S. Eliot, and was named one of the best poetry anthologies of 2003 by Library Journal. Its fiction-focused follow-up once again demonstrates the broad range of American writing, from such stellar names as Langston ...

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Overview

Using the yardstick that a short story is any fiction under 15,000 words, Ishmael Reed—with the assistance of Carla Blank—has assembled an anthology that includes work ranging from animal stories of the Northwest Coast Eyaks to African-American folklore to reflections on the American Muslim experience. Pow-Wow is the sequel to Reed’s From Totems to Hip-Hop: A Multicultural Anthology of Poetry Across the Americas, 1900 –2002, a volume that included both Tupac Shakur and T. S. Eliot, and was named one of the best poetry anthologies of 2003 by Library Journal. Its fiction-focused follow-up once again demonstrates the broad range of American writing, from such stellar names as Langston Hughes, Gertrude Stein, Russell Banks, and Alejandro Murguía to newly discovered writers of all races, genders, and backgrounds.

This landmark collection features: Zora Neale Hurston, Chester Himes, Robert Coover, Bharati Mukherjee, Benjamin Franklin, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Ntozake Shange, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Mark Twain, Grace Paley, Russell Charles Leong, Charles Wright, James Alan McPherson, and more.

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With help from writers such as Benjamin Franklin, Grace Paley and Wanda Coleman, novelist/poet/essayist Reed puts together a captivating, multifarious look at the American experience through its short fiction (a "cousin" to his lauded poetry anthology From Totems to Hip-Hop). From the ins and outs of a young Latino's struggle in an Anglo-dominated Catholic school (Nash Candelaria's "The Day the Cisco Kid Shot John Wayne") to Haight Street during the Summer of Love ("Wormwood" by Conyus), Reed's selections will draw readers into American cities, suburbs, prairies and mountains with vivid, precise, at times documentary description and bold, personal questions of American identity and purpose. At the same time, the overwhelming role of love, loss, and growth can render them almost allegorical; a perfect example is Wajahat Ali's "Ramadan Blues," in which a young boy is first introduced to the traditional holiday fast. The boy's fear and self-deprecation over his meager battle with hunger balance the personal detail and honesty of the autobiographical with the sweep of America's religious legacy. A "gathering of voices from the different American tribes," this highly varied collection doesn't neglect important works from the likes of Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, George S. Schuyler, Gertrude Stein and Mark Twain.
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The United States of the 21st century is an ocean of stories and peoples, made up of a variety of races, religions, classes, genders, languages, cultures, and sexual preferences. Reed (Mixing It Up; From Totems to Hip-Hop) and Blank (Rediscovering America) have selected 63 stories spanning more than 200 years of American life, the great majority of which are concerned with contemporary issues and ideas. The authors featured-including John A. Williams, Grace Paley, Paule Marshall, John O. Killens, Zora Neale Hurston, James T. Farrell, Robert Coover, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and Ntozake Shange-use many different styles, voices, and settings in their works. The writings of Ty Pak, Bharati Mukherjee, Russell Charles Leong, Wanda Coleman, E. Donald Two-Rivers, and Jimmy Santiago Baca are especially noteworthy. The nature of "passing," acceptance, and becoming an individual are constant themes in the various cultures described. The selections are arranged alphabetically, and biographical information is provided. Another wonderful anthology from Reed, this is highly recommended.
—Gene Shaw

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781568583426
  • Publisher: Da Capo Press
  • Publication date: 1/26/2009
  • Edition description: None
  • Pages: 536
  • Product dimensions: 6.10 (w) x 9.10 (h) x 1.60 (d)

Meet the Author

Ishmael Reed is a novelist, poet, playwright, and essayist who has published nine critically acclaimed novels and more than a dozen other books of poetry and essays. In additional to being nominated for a National Book Award for Poetry, recent awards have included the Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Award, a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, and 2008 Blues Songwriter of the Year from the West Coast Blues Hall of Fame. He is Professor Emeritus at University of California at Berkeley.

Carla Blank is a writer, editor, teacher, and performance artist. She is author and editor of the historical reference Rediscovering America: The Making of Multicultural America, 1900-2000, and co-author, with Jody Roberts, of the performance arts handbook Live On Stage! Her collaboration with Robert Wilson, entitled Kool, will premiere at the Guggenheim Museum in 2009. She lives in Oakland, California.
 

Table of Contents

Foreword Ishmael Reed Reed, Ishmael

Ramadan Blues Wajahat Ali Ali, Wajahat 1

Imagine My Life Jimmy Santiago Baca Baca, Jimmy Santiago 6

The Guinea Pig Lady Russell Banks Banks, Russell 12

The Poorest Boy in Chicago Mitch Berman Berman, Mitch 53

Berlin Disco Inferno Cecil Brown Brown, Cecil 60

Wormwood Conyus (Calhoun) 65

The Day the Cisco Kid Shot John Wayne Nash Candelaria Candelaria, Nash 82

Backcity Transit by Day Wanda Coleman Coleman, Wanda 93

Quenby and Ola, Swede and Carl Robert Coover Coover, Robert 98

Insidious Disease Lucha Corpi Corpi, Lucha 108

Dream a Dream of Me Stanley Crouch Crouch, Stanley 113

Pirate One Fielding Dawson Dawson, Fielding 117

Night of the FEMA Trailers Vivian Demuth Demuth, Vivian 123

The Lynching of Jube Benson Paul Laurence Dunbar Dunbar, Paul Laurence 127

The Stones of the Village Alice Dunbar-Nelson Dunbar-Nelson, Alice 133

I Look Out for Ed Wolfe Stanley Elkin Elkin, Stanley 149

For White Men Only James T. Farrell Farrell, James T. 168

Sidi Mehemet Ibrahim on the Slave Trade Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin 173

Big Bug Ellen Geist Geist, Ellen 176

Giant Rat Anna Nelson Harry Harry, Anna Nelson 187

The Dry Mountain Air Robert Hass Hass, Robert 189

Let's Go, Israel Hillel Heinstein Heinstein, Hillel 191

Cables Roberta Hill Hill, Roberta 199

The Clocbard Chester Himes Himes, Chester 207

Who's Passing for Who? Langston Hughes Hughes, Langston 208

Debut Kristin Hunter Hunter, Kristin 212

Sweat Zora Neale Hurston Hurston, Zora Neale 218

The Father and the Son Yuri Kageyama Kageyama, Yuri 227

Moses Mama William Melvin Kelley Kelley, William Melvin 235

God Bless America John O. Killens Killens,John O. 241

Vol de Nuit Susanne Lee Lee, Susanne 245

Thin Minjon LeNoir-Irwin LeNoir-Irwin, Minjon 248

Geography One Russell Charles Leong Leong, Russell Charles 251

Black Korea 2 Walter K. Lew Lew, Walter K. 260

Reena Paule Marshall Marshall, Paule 263

Gold Coast James Alan McPherson McPherson, James Alan 276

The Day They went Shopping Nancy Mercado Mercado, Nancy 288

A Wife's Story Bharati Mukherjee Mukherjee, Bharati 292

Boy on a Wooden Horse Alejandro Murguia Murguia, Alejandro 302

Tales Left Untold Aphrodite Desiree Navab Navab, Aphrodite Desiree 315

Guilt Payment Ty Pak Pak, Ty 319

Goodbye and Good Luck Grace Paley Paley, Grace 330

Buzzards Celebrate Predations End Ishmael Reed Reed, Ishmael 337

Mice Danny Romero Romero, Danny 340

The Funeral Corie Rosen Rosen, Corie 354

Manny Floyd Salas Salas, Floyd 358

Lynching for Profit George S. Schuyler Schuyler, George S. 368

The Mulatto Victor Sejour Sejour, Victor 371

aw, babee, you so pretty Ntozake Shange Shange, Ntozake 383

Decoy Ray Smith Smith, Ray 386

Miss Furr and Miss Skeene Gertrude Stein Stein, Gertrude 391

The Sombrero Leon Surmelian Surmelian, Leon 395

Naaholooyah Mary TallMountain TallMountain, Mary 400

The War Prayer Mark Twain Twain, Mark 405

Harold Ball E. Donald Two-Rivers Two-Rivers, E. Donald 408

Panic Portage Gerald Vizenor Vizenor, Gerald 418

Son in the Afternoon John A. Williams Williams, John A. 424

My Brother at the Canadian Border Sholeh Wolpe Wolpe, Sholeh 429

A New Day Charles Wright Wright, Charles 430

Shirley Temple, Hotcha-cha Wakako Yamauchi Yamauchi, Wakako 434

The Homecoming Frank Yerby Yerby, Frank 445

Going for the Moon Al Young Young, Al 452

The Last Dream Edgardo Vega Yunque Yunque, Edgardo Vega 463

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