{"product_id":"i-got-somebody-in-staunton-stories-9780060536664","title":"I Got Somebody in Staunton: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn twelve graceful, sensual stories, William Henry Lewis traces the line between the real and the imaginary, acknowledging the painful ghosts of the past in everyday encounters. Written in a style that has been acclaimed by our finest writers, from Edward P. Jones and Nikki Giovanni to Dave Eggers, \u003cem\u003eI Got Somebody in Staunton\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the most highly praised literary events to take on contemporary America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the title story, a young professor befriends an enigmatic white woman in a bar along the back roads of Virginia, but has second thoughts about driving her to a neighboring town as his uncle's stories of lynchings resonate through his mind. Another tale portrays a Kansas City jazz troupe's travels to Denver, where they hope to strike it big. Meanwhile, a man in the midst of paradise must decide whether he will languish or thrive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWith I Got Somebody in Staunton\u003c\/em\u003e Lewis has lyrically and unflinchingly chronicled the lives of those most often neglected.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLewis, William Henry:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eWilliam Henry Lewis is the prizewinning author of a previous story collection, \u003cem\u003eIn the Arms of Our Elders\u003c\/em\u003e. His fiction has appeared in America's top literary journals and several anthologies. He has been honored with many awards, including a prize for short fiction from the Zora Neale Hurston\/Richard Wright Foundation, he was a finalist for the 2005 PEN Faulkner Prize for Fiction, and he is the 2006 recipient of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association Fiction Honor Award.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amistad Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50615413080338,"sku":"9780060536664","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f14933e6-447e-4533-8fd1-1a3582b3e90f.jpg?v=1732485251","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/i-got-somebody-in-staunton-stories-9780060536664","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}