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Shelter : a black tale of Homeland, Baltimore / Lawrence Jackson.

Jackson, Lawrence Patrick, (author.). Jackson, Lawrence Patrick. Container of (work): Avent. (Added Author). Jackson, Lawrence Patrick. Container of (work): Christmas. (Added Author). Jackson, Lawrence Patrick. Container of (work): Epiphany. (Added Author). Jackson, Lawrence Patrick. Container of (work): Lent. (Added Author). Jackson, Lawrence Patrick. Container of (work): Eostre in Lafayette Square. (Added Author). Jackson, Lawrence Patrick. Container of (work): White Sunday. (Added Author). Jackson, Lawrence Patrick. Container of (work): Ordinary time. (Added Author). Graywolf Press, (publisher.).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9781644450833
ISBN: 1644450836
Physical Description: 329 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Publisher: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2022]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-329).
Formatted Contents Note:	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.