We Are Taking Only What We Need - (Art of the Story) by Stephanie Powell Watts (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Originally published as We Are Taking Only What We Need in the United States in 2011 by BkMk Press, University of Missouri-Kansas City"--Title page verso.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>In these powerfully rendered, prizewinning stories, working-class African Americans across the South strive for meaning and search for direction in lives shaped by forces beyond their control</strong></p><p>The ten stories in this resonant collection deal with both the ties that bind and the gulf that separates generations, from children confronting the fallibility of their own parents for the first time to adults finding themselves forced to start over again and again.</p><p>In "Highway 18"<em> </em>a young Jehovah's Witness going door to door with an expert field-service partner from up north is at a crossroads: will she go to college or continue to serve the church? "If You Hit Randall County, You've Gone Too Far"<em> </em>tells of<em> </em>a family trying to make it through a tense celebratory dinner for a son just out on bail. And in the collection's title story, a young girl experiences loss for the first time in the fallout from her father's relationship with her babysitter. </p><p>Startling, intimate, and prescient on their own, these stories build to a kaleidoscopic understanding of both the individual and the collective black experience over the last fifty years in the American South. With <em>We Are Taking Only What We Need, </em><em> </em>Stephanie Powell Watts has crafted an incredibly assured and emotionally affecting meditation on everything from the large institutional forces to the small interpersonal moments that impress upon us and direct our lives.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>In these powerfully rendered, prizewinning stories, working-class African Americans across the South strive for meaning and search for direction in lives shaped by forces beyond their control. The ten stories in this resonant collection deal with both the ties that bind and the gulf that separates generations, from children confronting the fallibility of their own parents for the first time to adults finding themselves forced to start over again and again.</p><p>In "Highway 18" a young Jehovah's Witness going door to door with an expert field-service partner from up north is at a crossroads: will she go to college or continue to serve the church? "If You Hit Randolph County, You've Gone Too Far" tells of a family trying to make it through a tense celebratory dinner for a son just out on bail. And in the collection's title story, a young girl experiences loss for the first time in the fallout from her father's relationship with her babysitter. </p><p>Startling, intimate, and prescient on their own, these stories build to a kaleidoscopic understanding of both the individual and the collective black experience over the last fifty years in the American South. With <em>We Are Taking Only What We Need, </em> Stephanie Powell Watts has crafted an incredibly assured and emotionally affecting meditation on everything from the large institutional forces to the small interpersonal moments that impress upon us and direct<br/>our lives.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Cheeky, urbane, and playful. Lorrie Moore meets Eudora Welty.--<em>New Yorker</em><br><br>"Impressive...What is lovely about these stories is that Watts can take a few words and paint a landscape that reveals so much richness about the people and culture."--<em>Library Journal</em><br><br>"These stories celebrate real people and their tenacious ability to break down life's locked doors."--O, the Oprah Magazine<br><br>"Watts shows us people, real souls like the people we sit next to on the bus, people who live down the hall, people who could be relatives."--Edward P. Jones<br>
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