Killens, John Oliver

Summary: "A major literary event-the eagerly anticipated publication of a long-lost novel from legendary writer and three-time Pulitzer Prize nominee John Oliver Killens, hailed as the founding father of the Black Arts Movement and mentor to celebrated writers, including Maya Angelou, Nikki Giovanni, Arthur Flowers, and Terry McMillan. Wanderlust has taken Jimmy Jay Leander Johnson on numerous...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad 35, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KIL

Summary: One hundred and fifty thousand dollars, ready for the taking. It's too much to resist for Earl Slater, a bigoted ex-con slumming through life with a patronizing girlfriend, an obliging neighbor and zero expectations. He agrees to be part of a bank job planned by former cop Burke. Until, that is, he finds out one of his partners will be a black man. Earl's desperate need for cash, however, leads...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: MGM/UA Home Video 2003

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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY ODD