The Bull-Jean Stories

The Bull-Jean Stories

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Fiction. African-American studies. Gay and lesbian studies. Using traditional storytelling and nontraditional verse to chronicle the course of love returning in the lifetimes of one woman-loving-woman named bull-dog-jean, the bull-jeanstories give cultural documentation and social commentary on African-American herstory and survival. Set in the rural South of the 1920s, th...more
Paperback, 109 pages
Published August 1st 1998 by Redbone Press
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Katie M.
I saw Sharon Bridgforth read a few of these stories out loud once, which was just about perfect - they're performance pieces really, which means they're at least twice as good if you can imagine them being talked while you're reading.
Gabriel Atchison
I really enjoyed reading this book for our book group. Especially when we read from it aloud.
Rena
Excellent, Southern-fried poetic masterpiece.
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