Alston Anderson (1924–2008)
Author of Lover Man
Works by Alston Anderson
All God's children, a novel 2 copies
Galán (Spanish Edition) 2 copies
Associated Works
The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, 1899-1967: The Classic Anthology (1967) — Contributor — 200 copies, 1 review
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1924
- Date of death
- 2008-07-15
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Columbia University
Sorbonne - Occupations
- short story writer
poet
novelist
jazz critic - Organizations
- Yaddo writer's colony (1955)
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Panama Canal Zone
- Places of residence
- Kingston, Jamaica
Oxford, North Carolina, USA
Germany
France - Place of death
- New York, New York, USA
Members
Reviews
Stories of black American life that take place in a small Alabama town, a school in North Carolina, wartime Germany and 1950s New York City. A family in Alabama, the Jessups are featured in the stories, which encompass trouble at home, friendship trouble, friendship turned tragic, to love gone wrong.
In Comrade, a soldier saves a German Shepherd and returns him to the family German soldiers had taken him from. Dance of the Infidels is a stand-out, where jazz, drugs and gay life converge in show more Harlem.
There’s an afterword where Kinohi Nishikawa provides details of Alston Anderson’s life, which seems both accomplished and underappreciated. This collection appropriately has an undercurrent of sadness. This book was a good choice for resurrection and reprinting. show less
In Comrade, a soldier saves a German Shepherd and returns him to the family German soldiers had taken him from. Dance of the Infidels is a stand-out, where jazz, drugs and gay life converge in show more Harlem.
There’s an afterword where Kinohi Nishikawa provides details of Alston Anderson’s life, which seems both accomplished and underappreciated. This collection appropriately has an undercurrent of sadness. This book was a good choice for resurrection and reprinting. show less
You May Also Like
Associated Authors
Statistics
- Works
- 4
- Also by
- 3
- Members
- 60
- Popularity
- #277,519
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
- 1
- ISBNs
- 2