Writing blackness John Edgar Wideman's art and experimentation - Coleman, James W., (James Wilmouth) (Louisiana State University Press, 2010)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Brothers and keepers, Fatheralong, Hoop roots, and The island: Martinique: the fictionalized auto/biographies -- A glance away, Hurry home, and the Lynchers: modernist experimentation and the early novels -- Hiding place, Damballah, and Sent for you yesterday: new dimensions of postmodern experimentation in the Homewood trilogy -- Reuben and Philadelphia fire: progressive experimentation after the Homewood trilogy -- The cattle killing, Two cities, and Fanon: extending experimental writing, making it clear, and extending it further
One of the most critically acclaimed and prolific yet least-recognized contemporary writers, African American author John Edgar Wideman creates work that has a reputation for being difficult, even unfathomable. In Writing Blackness, James Coleman examines Wideman's work with the goal of making sense of his often elusive imagery and dense style and broadening his readership. More so than for the vast majority of writers, Coleman shows, Wideman's life has affected his writing. Born in 1941, Wideman grew up in a Pittsburgh suburb where he attended an integrated high school, starred on the basketba