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The world doesn't require you, stories, Rion Amilcar Scott

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The world doesn't require you, stories, Rion Amilcar Scott

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

short stories

Main title

The world doesn't require you

Oclc number

1121083072

Responsibility statement

Rion Amilcar Scott

Sub title

stories

Summary

"Established by the leaders of America's only successful slave revolt in the mid-nineteenth century, [the fictional town of Cross River, Maryland] still evokes the rhythms of its founding. With lyrical prose and singular dialect, Rion Amilcar Scott pens a saga that echoes the fables carried down for generations -- like the screecher birds who swoop down for their periodic sacrifice, and the water women who lure people to their deaths. Among its residents -- wildly spanning decades, perspectives, and species -- are David Sherman, a struggling musician who just happens to be God's last son: Tyrone, a ruthless yet charismatic Ph.D. candidate, whose dissertation about a childhood game ignites mayhem in the neighboring, once-segregated town of Port Yooga; and Jim, an all-too-obedient robot who obeys his Master"--, Back cover

Table Of Contents

David Sherman, the last son of God -- The nigger knockers -- The electric joy of service -- The temple of practical arts -- A rare and powerful employee -- Numbers -- A loudness of screechers -- Mercury in retrograde -- On the occasion of the death of Freddie Lee -- Slim in Hell -- Rolling in my Six-Fo - daa daa daa - with all my niggas saying: swing down sweet chariot stop and let me riiiide. Hell yeah. -- Special topics in loneliness studies. I. The fall. II. Winter break. III. The spring; or, special topics in loneliness studies. IV. An epilogue

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World does not require you, stories

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