Shelter : a black tale of Homeland, Baltimore /

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Author / Creator:Jackson, Lawrence Patrick, author.
Uniform title:Essays. Selections
Imprint:Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2022]
Description:329 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12741041
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Other uniform titles:Jackson, Lawrence Patrick. Avent.
Jackson, Lawrence Patrick. Christmas.
Jackson, Lawrence Patrick. Epiphany.
Jackson, Lawrence Patrick. Lent.
Jackson, Lawrence Patrick. Eostre in Lafayette Square.
Jackson, Lawrence Patrick. White Sunday.
Jackson, Lawrence Patrick. Ordinary time.
Other authors / contributors:Graywolf Press, publisher.
ISBN:9781644450833
1644450836
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-329).
Summary:Touching upon such topics as fatherhood, race, and faith, this collection of essays describes the author's struggles in 2016 to make a home in Baltimore, a place that eventually became the foundation for him to explore his personal and spiritual history, as well as the city's untold stories.
Table of Contents:
  • Advent: Color Storms Rising Almost to a Hurricane
  • Christmas: Long Quarter at River Bend
  • Epiphany: Sunday Boys
  • Lent: Appraisement of Negroes at the Folly, or Dinner
  • Eostre in Lafayette Square
  • White Sunday: "An Invasion of African Negroes"
  • Ordinary Time: The Gentle Brushing Fescue
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Illustrations
  • Notes