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Growing Up in the South: An Anthology of Modern Southern Literature
Growing Up in the South An Anthology of Modern Southern Literature Author:Suzanne W. Jones (Editor) Twenty-four unmistakably Southern 20th-century voices-of varying race, class, and gender-demonstrate that region's extraordinary range of storytellers in this eloquent coming-of-age collection. — This collection of stories and excerpts from 24 of the best storytellers and writers of modern Southern literature features "coming of age"... more »; stories by William Faulkner, Flannery O'Connor, and Eudora Welty. Features an Introduction by the editor.
CONTENTS
REMEMBERING SOUTHERN PLACES
"The Gulf Coast" by Elizabeth Spencer
from A Childhood: The Biography of a Place by Harry Crews
from One Writer's Beginnings by Eudora Welty
"Mooning Over Miami" by Gustavo Perez Firmat
"Where Am I Black" by Randall Kenan
EXPERIENCING SOUTHERN FAMILIES
"Amazing Grace" by William Hoffman
"Everyday Use" by Alice Walker
"Homecoming" by Shirley Ann Grau
"The President of the Louisiana Live Oak Society" by Ellen Gilchrist
"How Far She Went" by Mary Hood
NEGOTIATING SOUTHERN COMMUNITIES
"The Man Who Was Almost a Man" by Richard Wright
"Everything That Rises Must Converge" by Flannery O'Connor