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God's Gym: Stories Paperback - 2006
by John Edgar Wideman
The first story collection in more than a decade from one of the most celebrated African-American authors of modern-day literature contains stories that move from the intimate to the political, from shock to transcendence.
Summary
In God's Gym, the celebrated author John Edgar Wideman offers stories that pulse with emotional electricity. The ten pieces here explore strength, both physical and spiritual. The collection opens with a man paying tribute to the quiet fortitude of his mother, a woman who "should wear a T-shirt: God's Gym." In the stories that follow, Wideman delivers powerful riffs on family and fate, basketball and belief. His mesmerizing prose features guest appearances by cultural luminaries as diverse as the Harlem Globetrotters, Frantz Fanon, Thelonious Monk, and Marilyn Monroe. As always, Wideman astounds with writing that moves from the intimate to the political, from shock to transcendence.
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MY MOTHER is a weightlifter.
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- Title God's Gym: Stories
- Author John Edgar Wideman
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 2nd printing
- Pages 192
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Mariner Books, New York
- Date 2006-08-01
- ISBN 9780618711994 / 0618711996
- Weight 0.4 lbs (0.18 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5.2 x 0.5 in (20.32 x 13.21 x 1.27 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Short stories, African Americans
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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- New York Times, 09/10/2006, Page 36
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