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William Melvin Kelley

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in New York, New York, The United States

November 01, 1937

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male

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Literature & Fiction, Short Stories

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William Melvin Kelley is a prominent African-American novelist and short-story writer.

He was educated at the Fieldston School in New York and later attended Harvard University (class of 1960), where he won the Dana Reed Prize for creative writing.

William Melvin Kelley has been a writer in residence at the State University of New York at Geneseo and has taught at the New School for Social Research. He currently teaches at Sarah Lawrence College.

In 2008, he won the Anisfield-Wolf Lifetime Achievement Award.

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William Melvin Kelley's Books

Average rating: 3.94 · 357 ratings · 20 reviews · 6 distinct works · Similar authors

	A Different Drummer 3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 1964 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	dem by William Melvin Kelley, John Wright (Foreword by), John S. Wright (Foreword by) 3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1967 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Drop of Patience by William Melvin Kelley, Gerald Early (Introduction) 3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dancers on the Shore by William Melvin Kelley, Mel Watkins (Introduction) 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dunford's Travels Everywheres 3.25 of 5 stars 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1970	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Breaking Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary African-American Fiction by Terry McMillan (Editor/Contributor), John Edgar Wideman (Goodreads Author) (Preface/Contributor), David Bradley (Contributor) 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 252 ratings — published 1990 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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