We Are Taking Only What We Need

Watts, Stephanie

ISBN 10: 1886157790 / ISBN 13: 9781886157798

Published by BkMk Press at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (edition First Edition), 2011

It's a preowned item in good condition and includes all the pages. It may have some general signs of wear and tear, such as markings, highlighting, slight damage to the cover, minimal wear to the binding, etc., but they will not affect the overall reading experience. Seller Inventory # 1886157790-11-1

Synopsis:

Fiction. African American Studies. African American women protagonists lose and find love, confront sanity and craziness, and strive to make sense of their lives in North Carolina. A Jehovah's Witness girl goes door-to-door with an expert field-service partner from up north. At a call center, operator Sheila fields a caller's uncomfortable questions under a ruthless supervisor's eye. Forty-something Aunt Ginny surprises the family by finding a husband, but soon she gives them more to talk about. Pulitzer-Prize winner Edward P. Jones writes "Watts offers an impressive debut that promises only wonderful work to come." Fiction writer Marly Swick agrees: "Each story seems, at the same time, to be a breath of fresh air and an instant classic." Author Alyce Miller notes that "Watts writes with a penetrating eye for the extraordinary moments in the lives of ordinary people. As I read, I found myself holding my breath."

About the Author: Stephanie Powell Watts teaches at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. “Unassigned Territory” from this collection received the Pushcart Prize and a citation from Best American Short Stories. Two stories from the book appeared in Best New Stories from the South anthologies. Watts' work has appeared in Oxford American, New Letters, African American Review, and elsewhere. A former Jehovah's Witness minister born and raised in Lenoir, North Carolina, she holds the PhD from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She has received the Southern Women Writers Conference's emerging writer of the year award in fiction.

Bibliographic Details

Title: We Are Taking Only What We Need
Publisher: BkMk Press at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (edition First Edition)
Publication Date: 2011
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good
Edition: First Edition.