Elbow Room Author:James Alan McPherson 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, challen... more »ges 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.« less