| Platitudes: & the New Black Aesthetic Contributor(s): Ellis, Trey (Author), Ashe, Bertram D. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1555535860 ISBN-13: 9781555535865 Publisher: Northeastern University Press OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2003 Annotation: Trey Ellis's uproariously funny debut novel Platitudes, first published in 1988, takes on conflicts within the African American literary community. Dewayne Wellington, a failing black experimental novelist, and Isshee Ayam, a radical feminist author, collaborate on Dewayne's latest sexist comedy. Alternately telling the story about the coming of age of Earle and Dorothy-two black middle-class teenagers, sex-starved in New York City-the battling writers sneak ever, and dangerously, closer to reconciling their literary disputes. This edition of Platitudes also includes "The New Black Aesthetic," a groundbreaking essay by Ellis that appeared in the journal Callaloo. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Humorous - General - Fiction | African American - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2003013865 |
| Series: Northeastern Library of Black Literature |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 5.56" W x 8.42" (0.63 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Trey Ellis's uproariously funny debut novel Platitudes, first published in 1988, takes on conflicts within the African American literary community. Dewayne Wellington, a failing black experimental novelist, and Isshee Ayam, a radical feminist author, collaborate on Dewayne's latest sexist comedy. Alternately telling the story about the coming of age of Earle and Dorothy-two black middle-class teenagers, sex-starved in New York City-the battling writers sneak ever, and dangerously, closer to reconciling their literary disputes. This edition of Platitudes also includes "The New Black Aesthetic," a groundbreaking essay by Ellis that appeared in the journal Callaloo. |