Monthly book discussion featuring works by African-American authors. You now have the option to attend in-person or on Zoom! Please register and choose your attendance option. Print copies o f the book are available for checkout at the Eola Road Branch Adult Refere nce Desk on the 2nd floor. Email group facilitator Becky Clark at rclark@aurorapubliclibrary.org for more information.
\nBook description:
\nBestselling autho r Walter Mosley has proven himself a master of narrative tension\, both wi th his extraordinary fiction and gripping writing for television. The Awkward Black Man collects seventeen of Mosley&rsquo\;s most accompli shed short stories to showcase the full range of his remarkable talent. Mo sley presents distinct characters as they struggle to move through the wor ld in each of these stories&mdash\;heroes who are awkward\, nerdy\, self-d efeating\, self-involved\, and\, on the whole\, odd. He overturns the ster eotypes that corral black male characters and paints a subtle\, powerful p ortrait of each of these unique individuals. In &ldquo\;The Good News Is\, &rdquo\; a man&rsquo\;s insecurity about his weight gives way to a serious illness and the intense loneliness that accompanies it. Deeply vulnerable \, he allows himself to be taken advantage of in return for a little human comfort in a raw display of true need. &ldquo\;Pet Fly\,&rdquo\; previous ly published in the New Yorker\, follows a man working as a mailr oom clerk for a big company&mdash\;a solitary job for which he is overqual ified&mdash\;and the unforeseen repercussions he endures when he attempts to forge a connection beyond the one he has with the fly buzzing around hi s apartment. And &ldquo\;Almost Alyce&rdquo\; chronicles failed loves\, fa mily loss\, alcoholism\, and a Zen approach to the art of begging that pro ves surprisingly effective. Touching and contemplative\, each of these une xpected stories offers the best of one of our most gifted writers. \;< /p>\nhttps://aurora.libnet.info/event/7670939 URL;VALUE=URI:https://aurora.libnet.info/event/7670939 ATTACH:https://static.libnet.info/images/events/aurora/Awkward_Black_Man.j pg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR