Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self

Name: Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self
ISBN: 9781594487545

by Danielle Evans

Hurston/Wright Legacy · 2011 · Winner

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Riverhead BooksSeptember 16, 2010Literary FictionISBN 9781594487545

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Hurston/Wright Legacy Award (Fiction)	2011	Winner

About This Book

A debut story collection exploring the lives of young African Americans caught between competing identities—racial, sexual, economic—in contemporary America. Winner of the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction and the PEN American Robert W. Bingham Prize.

About the Author

Danielle EvansUS

Danielle Evans is an American short story writer known for her technically accomplished, emotionally precise fiction about race, class, and identity in contemporary America. Born in Washington, DC, she received her MFA from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. Her debut collection Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self (2010) won the PEN American Robert W. Read more →

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