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Feb 14, 2024 · A new collection, “Neighbors and Other Stories,” gathers these with 10 more and an introduction by Tayari Jones, the author of “An American Marriage.”. At a moment when short stories seem ...
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Feb 13, 2024 · The Washington Post. It’s hard to know what brilliance she might have bestowed on the world had she lived longer, but the newly published collection Neighbors and Other Stories provides some inkling. Oliver’s perceptive, insightful work reflects great talent and ambition. The ease and elegance of her prose are striking, as is her faith in ...
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Book Summary. A bold and haunting debut story collection that follows various characters as they navigate the day-to-day perils of Jim Crow racism from Diane Oliver, a missing figure in the canon of twentieth-century African American literature, with an introduction by Tayari Jones. A remarkable talent far ahead of her time, Diane Oliver died ...
Summary. Set in the school desegregation period, “Neighbors” focuses on the conflicts faced by one black family, which has decided to defy custom and send its small son to a white school. The ...
Rosemary's Baby is a 1967 horror novel by American writer Ira Levin; it was his second published book. It was the best-selling horror novel of the 1960s, selling over 4 million copies. [1] The high popularity of the novel was a catalyst for a "horror boom", and horror fiction would achieve enormous commercial success.
1 Comment. Liam Cass is anything but a 16-year-old archetype in ‘The Perfect Son’ by Freida McFadden, who also penned the bestselling novel ‘ The Housemaid ‘. He’s attractive, popular, straight-A student, Debate Team champion, and he’s also a psychopath. No wonder he’s a prime suspect once his classmate, Olivia Mercer, disappears ...
Synopsis. A remarkable talent far ahead of her time, Diane Oliver died in 1966 at the age of 22, leaving behind these crisply told and often chilling tales that explore race and racism in 1950s and 60s America. In this first and only collection by a masterful storyteller finally taking her rightful place in the canon, Oliver’s insightful ...
