{"product_id":"hue-and-cry-stories-9780062909732","title":"Hue and Cry: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe classic debut collection from Pulitzer Prize winner James Alan McPherson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eHue and Cry\u003c\/em\u003e is the remarkably mature and agile debut story collection from James Alan McPherson, one of America's most venerated and most original writers. McPherson's characters -- gritty, authentic, and pristinely rendered -- give voice to unheard struggles along the dividing lines of race and poverty in subtle, fluid prose that bears no trace of sentimentality, agenda, or apology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1968, this collection includes the Atlantic Prize-winning story \"Gold Coast\" (selected by John Updike for the collection \u003cem\u003eBest American Short Stories of the Century\u003c\/em\u003e). Now with a new preface by Edward P. Jones, \u003cem\u003eHue and Cry \u003c\/em\u003eintroduced America to McPherson's unforgettable, enduring vision, and distinctive artistry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcPherson, James Alan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003ePulitzer Prize winner and Guggenheim Fellow James Alan McPherson was born in Savannah, Georgia. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School and holds an MFA from the University of Iowa. In a writing career that spans forty years, McPherson has been a contributor to many publications, including \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic, Esquire, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePlayboy, \u003c\/em\u003e and was the editor of \u003cem\u003eDouble Take\u003c\/em\u003e magazine. He is a professor of English at the University of Iowa. He died in 2016.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJones, Edward P.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eEdward P. Jones, the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author, has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize, for fiction, the National Book Critics Circle award, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and the Lannan Literary Award for \u003cem\u003eThe Known World;\u003c\/em\u003e he also received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2004. His first collection of stories, \u003cem\u003eLost in the City, \u003c\/em\u003e won the PEN\/Hemingway Award and was short listed for the National Book Award. His second collection, \u003cem\u003eAll Aunt Hagar's Children, \u003c\/em\u003ewas a finalist for the Pen\/Faulkner Award. He has been an instructor of fiction writing at a range of universities, including Princeton. He lives in Washington, D.C.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50503026540818,"sku":"9780062909732","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0f1b6666-554f-43db-80fb-39b57c108a67.jpg?v=1730781214","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hue-and-cry-stories-9780062909732","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}