John Oliver Killens
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The cotillion
Beautiful, high-stepping Yoruba of Harlem is invited to the annual cotillion thrown by African-American high society of Queens. Caught between the indifference of her father, the excitement of her social-climbing mother, and her boyfriend's militancy, Yoruba persuades her sister debutantes to challenge the aging doyennes in one of the most sidesplitting scenes in American literature.
Black southern voices
Anthology of fifty-six African-American Southern writers whose works address the living contradictions of the South.
The cotillion, or, One good bull is half the herd
Beautiful, high-stepping Yoruba of Harlem is invited to the annual cotillion thrown by African American high society of Queens. Caught between the indifference of her father, the excitement of her social-climbing mother, and her prodigal boyfriend's militancy, Yoruba persuades her sister debutantes to challenge the aging doyennes in one of the most sidesplitting scenes in American literature.
A man ain't nothin' but a man
Retells the life of the legendary steel driver of early railroad days who challenged the steam hammer to a steel driving contest.