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Neighbors and Other Stories
Neighbors and Other Stories | Diane Oliver
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A bold and haunting debut story collection that follows various characters as they navigate the day-to-day perils of Jim Crow racism from Diane Oliver, a missing figure in the canon of twentieth-century African American literature, with an introduction by Tayari Jones A remarkable talent far ahead of her time, Diane Oliver died in 1966 at the age of 22, leaving behind these crisply told and often chilling tales that explore race and racism in 1950s and 60s America. In this first and only collection by a masterful storyteller finally taking her rightful place in the canon, Oliver's insightful stories reverberate into the present day. There's the nightmarish "The Closet on the Top Floor" in which Winifred, the first Black student at her newly integrated college, starts to physically disappear; "Mint Juleps not Served Here" where a couple living deep in a forest with their son go to bloody lengths to protect him; "Spiders Cry without Tears," in which a couple, Meg and Walt, are confronted by prejudices and strains of interracial and extramarital love; and the high tension titular story that follows a nervous older sister the night before her little brother is set to desegregate his school. These are incisive and intimate portraits of African American families in everyday moments of anxiety and crisis that look at how they use agency to navigate their predicaments. As much a social and historical document as it is a taut, engrossing collection, Neighbors is an exceptional literary feat from a crucial once-lost figure of letters.
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DebinHawaii
DebinHawaii
Neighbors and Other Stories | Diane Oliver
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#ReadAway2024

Finished belatedly for #Roll100 in September (#41 Any Book of Stories) I both read & listened to it, having been drawn to it as a #BOTM selection months ago. This is where #BOTM gets it right, selecting Diane Oliver, an author who tragically died in a motorcycle accident in 1966 at just 22 with 4 stories published + 2 more posthumously. This collection is 14 stories & while not all of them were perfect, they are amazingly good & ⬇️

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DebinHawaii …while she wrote about the black female perspective in the Jim Crow South in the 60s, they feel fresh & (sadly) still resonate today. It made me look up Oliver (here‘s a good article: https://bittersoutherner.com/feature/2022/the-short-stories-and-too-short-life-o... It was interesting to learn she was part of the Mademoiselle Magazine Summer Guest Editor program in 1964 which I read about in the book tagged below. ⬇️ (edited) 1mo
DebinHawaii … Highly recommended, this will definitely make my Best of 2024 list.
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DieAReader 🥳🥳Great! 1mo
Andrew65 That‘s brilliant, well done 👏👏👏 1mo
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DebinHawaii
DebinHawaii
Neighbors and Other Stories | Diane Oliver
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My #Roll100 picks for September. I got 3 different “any” book rolls which is always fun—I‘m glad I put so many in my list!

#85 - Any library book: My ebook hold of A Sorceress Comes to Call just came in

#74 - Any audiobook: It‘s past time to listen to Dave Grohl, The Storyteller

#41 - Any book of stories: Choosing the tagged book from #BOTM because I‘ve been wanting to read it & it will complete a badge

Looks like a good month! 📚🤗

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PuddleJumper ❤️❤️ Enjoy! 4mo
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Anna40
Anna40
Neighbors and Other Stories | Diane Oliver
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Diane Oliver wrote from the perspective of African Americans in the 1960s focusing on women.I still think about the title story but the story that stood out to me most is Banago Kalt.A young black woman&2 white women are guests of a family in Switzerland over the summer (college program). While the white women are treated as different but not extraordinary,she becomes an object of desire& fetish almost. Highly recommend this collection

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MsLeah8417
MsLeah8417
Neighbors and Other Stories | Diane Oliver
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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jlhammar
jlhammar
Neighbors and Other Stories | Diane Oliver
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Great story collection. Glad Oliver is being rediscovered. So talented, such potential. To think what she could have written had she not died so young. #BOTM

marleed I loved this. I will always support BOTM printing anew a work from the past. It‘s the historical fiction from a contemporary perspective! 10mo
batsy This sounds great; I've not heard of it before. What an amazing cover. 10mo
Litsi Sounds great. Buying now. 10mo
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nitalibrarian
nitalibrarian
Neighbors and Other Stories | Diane Oliver
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Started this short story collection. I really like her writing so far.

marleed I can only imagine the books she would have written had she lived beyond 22 years. 10mo
ChaoticMissAdventures I saw this at the bookstore yesterday! You are the first I see talking about it, I love the cover, hope it is a good one. 10mo
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marleed
marleed
Neighbors and Other Stories | Diane Oliver
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Author Diane Oliver died at 22 in a 1966 motorcycle accident. She had 4 published short stories then 3 more posthumously. Now 14 of her stories are published together and provide her contemporary look at racism playing out in the 1960s, a raw and intimate look of the everyday moments of disparate African American families. I can only imagine the works Diane would‘ve completed, and bravo to those who decided to publish her collection in 2024.

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