Brothers and Keepers

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Author:

Wideman, John Edgar

ISBN:

978-0-679-75694-1

Publication Date:

Aug 1995

Publisher:

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Imprint:

Vintage

Book Format:

Paperback

List Price:

USD $12.95

Book Description:

As John Wideman was building a reputation as one of our finest writers, his brother Robby went from the streets of Philadelphia to a life sentence in prison for murder. As it weighs their shared bonds of blood, tenderness, and guilt, Brothers and Keepers yields an unsparing analysis of America's racial contract.

Book Details

Pages:	256
Detailed Subjects:	Social Science / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):	5.21 x 7.97 x 0.53 Inches
Book Weight:	0.412 Pounds

Author Biography

Wideman, John Edgar (Author)

Writer John Edgar Wideman was born in Washington, D. C., on June 14, 1941. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, studied at Oxford University, and was the second African American to become a Rhodes Scholar.

He taught at the University of Pennsylvania and eventually founded and chaired the African American studies department. He also taught at the University of Wyoming and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Wideman is the author of more than a dozen books. Sent for You Yesterday won a PEN/Faulkner Award in 1984, and Philadelphia Fire received one a decade later. Fatheralong was a finalist for the National Book Award (1994) and Brothers and Keepers was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award (1995).

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