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Brotherman: The Odyssey of Black Men in America--An Anthology by Herb Boyd and Robert L. Allen; illustrations by Tom Feelings is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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<p><P>"[AN] OUTSTANDING COLLECTION...<br>The powerful opening excerpt by Frederick Douglass evokes his boyhood as a slave, and the collection closes with an eloquent discussion of the race problem today by Cornel West. A distinguished addition to black studies."<br>—Publishers Weekly (starred review)<br>The purpose of this extraordinary anthology is made abundantly clear by the editors' stated intention: "to create a living mosaic of essays and stories in which Black men can view themselves, and be viewed without distortion." In this, they have succeeded brilliantly. Brotherman contains more than one hundred and fifty selections, some never before published—from slave narratives, memoirs, social histories, novels, poems, short stories, biographies, autobiographies, position papers, and essays.<br>Brotherman books us passage to the world that Black men experience as adolescents, lovers, husbands, fathers, workers, warriors, and elders. On this journey they encounter pain, confusion, anger, and love while confronting the life-threatening issues of race, sex, and politics—often as strangers in a strange land. The first collection of its kind, Bro
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- Author
- Herb Boyd and Robert L. Allen; illustrations by Tom Feelings
- Publisher
- One World/Ballantine
- Published
- 1995
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780345383174
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Science
- Rating
- 4.34 / 5 (31 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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