Bibliograph

The ones who don't say they love you, stories, Maurice Carlos Ruffin

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Label

The ones who don't say they love you, stories, Maurice Carlos Ruffin

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

short stories

Main title

The ones who don't say they love you

Oclc number

1202732758

Responsibility statement

Maurice Carlos Ruffin

Sub title

stories

Summary

"Maurice Carlos Ruffin has an uncanny ability to create spaces. These perspectival, character-driven stories center on the margins and are deeply rooted in New Orleanian culture. In "Beg Borrow Steal, " a boy relishes time spent helping his father find work after just coming home from prison; in "Ghetto University, " a couple whose been struggling financially turn to crime after hitting rock bottom; in "Before I Let You Go, " a woman who's been in NOLA for generations fights to keep her home; in "Fast hands, Fast Feet, " an army vet and a runaway teen find companionship while sleeping under a bridge; in "Mercury Forges, " a flash fiction piece among several in the collection, a group of men hurriedly make their way to a home where an elderly gentleman lives, trying to reach him before the water from Hurricane Katrina does; and in the title story, a young man works the street corners of the French Quarter, trying to achieve a freedom not meant for him"--, Provided by publisher

Target audience

adult

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Ones who do not say they love you

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