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Whose Song?: And Other Stories
by
Thomas Glave
“Thomas Glave walks the path of such greats in American literature as Richard Wright and James Baldwin . . . he cuts to the bone of what it means to be black in America, white in America, gay in America, and human in the world at large.” — Gloria NaylorAn excerpt: The words to every song on earth are buried deep somewhere. Songs that must be sung, that must never be sung. ...more
Paperback, 264 pages
Published
January 1st 2001
by City Lights Publishers
(first published January 1st 2000)
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I read the stories "The Final Inning" and "Whose Song?" and hope someday soon to read the rest of the book.
“So devastating, so economical!” James Baldwin was describing Pride and Prejudice but he could easily have been talking about Thomas Glave’s luminous collection of short stories. Glave is damn magician- – the ways he plays with language, his fierce imagination, his boundless ambition – makes for a heady potpourri of themes, voices, and textures that will leave you intoxicated. Brutal and tender, intricate and vast – he contains multitudes.
so, so good.
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Thomas Glave was born in the Bronx and grew up there and in Kingston, Jamaica. A two-time New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow, he is a graduate of Bowdoin College and Brown University. His work has earned many honors, including the Lambda Literary Award in 2005, an O. Henry Prize (he is the second gay African American writer, after James Baldwin, to win this award), a Fine Arts Center in Provi...more
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