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Platitudes New England Library Of Black Literature

by [Ellis, Trey]

$26.60

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Trey Ellis's uproariously funny debut novel Platitudes, first published in 1988, takes on conflicts within the African American literary community. Dewayne Wellington, a failing black experimental novelist, and Isshee Ayam, a radical feminist author, collaborate on Dewayne's latest sexist comedy. Alternately telling the story about the coming of age of Earle and Dorothy-two black middle-class teenagers, sex-starved in New York City-the battling writers sneak ever, and dangerously, closer to reconciling their literary disputes.

This edition of Platitudes also includes "The New Black Aesthetic," a groundbreaking essay by Ellis that appeared in the journal Callaloo.

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  • Northeastern University P Brand
  • Oct 2, 2003 Pub Date:
  • 9781555535865 ISBN-13:
  • 1555535860 ISBN-10:
  • 224.0 pages Paperback
  • English Language
  • 8.42 in * 0.68 in * 5.56 in Dimensions:
  • 1 lb Weight: