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Author:
Jackson, Lawrence Patrick, author.
Title:
Shelter : a black tale of Homeland, Baltimore / Lawrence Jackson.
Publisher:
Graywolf Press,
Copyright Date:
2022
Description:
329 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Subject:
Jackson, Lawrence Patrick.
African Americans--Baltimore--Baltimore--Biography.
Baltimore (Md.)--Biography.
Homeland (Baltimore, Md.)--Biography.
Baltimore (Md.)--Social conditions--21st century.
Autobiographies.
Essays.
Biographies.
Other Titles:
Essays. Selections
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-329).
Contents:
Advent: color storms rising almost to a hurricane -- Christmas: long quarter at River Bend -- Epiphany: Sunday boys -- Lent: appraisement of negroes at the folly, or dinner -- Eostre in Lafayette Square -- White Sunday: "an invasion of African negroes -- Ordinary time: the gentle brushing fescue.
Summary:
Touching upon such topics as fatherhood, race, and faith, this collection of essays describes the author's struggles in 2016 to make a home in Baltimore, a place that eventually became the foundation for him to explore his personal and spiritual history, as well as the city's untold stories.
ISBN:
1644450836
9781644450833
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1310788580
Locations:
BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)
CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

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