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"[A] brave examination of a loving, yet painful, relationship between a Black mother and her son . . . . Even more important today." -- Dr. Maya Angelou
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"What happens to a dream deferred?" asked Langston Hughes. Bird at My Window answers that question with a psychological study of a black man subverted by his environment. Wade Williams wakes up in a mental hospital and is told he has assaulted his sister. As he retraces his steps, during the course of the novel, the rich complexity of mid-twentieth century Harlem and its problematic relationship to its residents is revealed in this powerful cultural critique.
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He snatched the sun in his arms, squeezing it and squeezing it until it fell into tiny sputtering pieces, and he knew his job was done, even though he still felt the burning rays fanning his face and neck and rushing in little heat waves about his arms and around his shoulders. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Uncle Dan, Willie Earl, Big Willie, Professor Jones, Aunt Julie, Lenox Avenue, Board of Education, Wade Williams, Doctor Forest, Miss O'Neil, Big Bru, Clovis Rockford, Gladys The Beast, Wade Black New!
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He snatched the sun in his arms, squeezing it and squeezing it until it fell into tiny sputtering pieces, and he knew his job was done, even though he still felt the burning rays fanning his face and neck and rushing in little heat waves about his arms and around his shoulders. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Uncle Dan, Willie Earl, Big Willie, Professor Jones, Aunt Julie, Lenox Avenue, Board of Education, Wade Williams, Doctor Forest, Miss O'Neil, Big Bru, Clovis Rockford, Gladys The Beast, Wade Black New!
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Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Presenting Rosa Guy (Twayne's United States Authors Series) by Jerrie Norris in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- The Sun, the Sea, a Touch of Wind by Rosa Guy in Front Matter
- Caribbean Women Writers: Essays from the First International Conference by Selwyn Reginald Cudjoe in Front Matter
- Captain Blackman by John A. Williams in Back Matter
- A Measure of Time by Rosa Guy in Front Matter
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- The Columbia History of the American Novel by Emory Elliott on page 603, and Index
- Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience by Kwame Anthony Appiah on page 896, and page 1179
- The Oxford Companion to African American Literature by William L. Andrews on page 330
- Writer's Guide to Book Editors, Publishers, and Literary Agents: Who They Are! What They Want! and How to Win Them Over! (13th Edition) by Jeff Herman on page 57
- Writer's Guide to Book Editors, Publishers, and Literary Agents, 13th Edition (with CD-ROM): Who They Are! What They Want! And How to Win Them Over! by Jeff Herman on page 59
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