Praise for John Edgar Wideman's Look For Me and I'll Be Gone "Seamlessly fusing history with personal tragedy, [these] stories present swirling collage-portraits of the black American experience."
–Wall Street Journal, 10 Best Books of 2021
"Master of language."
–New York Times Book Review "Mr. Wideman is one of the great tragedians of American literature."
–Wall Street Journal "Philosophical, ruminative, and alive with wordplay ... there is plenty here to satisfy fans of captivating literary storytelling."
–Booklist (starred review)
Praise for John Edgar Wideman's
Brothers and Keepers: "Brave and brilliant, an almost frightening thing to behold."
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Philadelphia Inquirer "Powerful and disturbing...
Brothers and Keepers is guaranteed to shock and sadden."
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Washington Post Book World "A rare triumph... Mr. Wideman has succeeded brilliantly in both understanding his brother's life and coming to terms with his own."
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New York Times Book Review "If you care at all about brotherhood and dignity and other such things, this is a must-read book."
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Denver Post "[A] sensitive and intimate portrayal of the lives and divergent paths taken by two brothers."
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The New York Times