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Elbow Room
Elbow Room | James Alan McPherson
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A beautiful collection of short stories that explores blacks and whites today, ELBOW ROOM is alive with warmth and humor. Bold and very real, these twelve stories examine a world we all know but find difficult to define.Whether a story dashes the bravado of young street toughs or pierces through the self-deception of a failed preacher, challenges the audacity of a killer or explodes the jealousy of two lovers, James Alan McPherson has created an array of haunting images and memorable characters in an unsurpassed collection of honest, masterful fiction."Mr. McPherson is one of those rare writers who can tell a story, describe shadings of character, and make sociological observations with equal subtlety." -- The New Yorker
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KellyHunsakerReads
Elbow Room | James Alan McPherson
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This book of 12 short stories won the Pulitzer. I have read the first two and enjoyed them very much. #pulitzer #pulitzerprize #shortstories

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ImTheScience_324B21
Elbow Room | James Alan McPherson
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"Life is to be live, not trade on like dollar."

#PulitzerPrizeReadingGoal

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booksbythecup
Elbow Room | James Alan McPherson
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Pickpick

Good collection of short stories. Hard to find it, but thanks to you library for interloan library request

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Elbow Room | James Alan McPherson
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RIP, James Alan McPherson, the first African-American writer to win a Pulitzer Prize for fiction, for his collection Elbow Room. #OOPquote

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