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White Rat: Short Stories
By Gayl Jones
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By Gayl Jones
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The acclaimed author’s first collection of stories, reissued to coincide with the paperback publication of her second and latest, Butter
“Gayl Jones’s work represents a watershed in American literature. From a literary standpoint, her form is impeccable . . . and as a Black woman writer, her truth-telling, filled with beauty, tragedy, humor, and incisiveness, is unmatched.”—Imani Perry
Gayl Jones has been described as one of the great literary writers of the 20th century and was recently a fi...
“Gayl Jones’s work represents a watershed in American literature. From a literary standpoint, her form is impeccable . . . and as a Black woman writer, her truth-telling, filled with beauty, tragedy, humor, and incisiveness, is unmatched.”—Imani Perry
Gayl Jones has been described as one of the great literary writers of the 20th century and was recently a fi...
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