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A review by booksbythecup
The Awkward Black Man by Walter Mosley
"The next twenty-two years passed like overlapping spirals drawn by a tired child on a rainy afternoon." (Almost Alyce)
"It was on this true adventure Crash had learned that the mathematics of life were ever so much more complex than counting up things in his head." (Otis)
Walter Mosley is an OG in the Black Literature Canon. Since I've been reading more short stories the last few years, this collection was especially appealing. The theme across all the stories center on a Black man who in one way or another dealt with various circumstances, some lonely, some hurt by the love of their life. Others confronted with illness and the human need of companionship. Some of my favorites were Almost Alyce, Reply to a Dead Man, and Cut,Cut,Cut (that one was surprisingly sci-fi and I could have kept reading).
"It was on this true adventure Crash had learned that the mathematics of life were ever so much more complex than counting up things in his head." (Otis)
Walter Mosley is an OG in the Black Literature Canon. Since I've been reading more short stories the last few years, this collection was especially appealing. The theme across all the stories center on a Black man who in one way or another dealt with various circumstances, some lonely, some hurt by the love of their life. Others confronted with illness and the human need of companionship. Some of my favorites were Almost Alyce, Reply to a Dead Man, and Cut,Cut,Cut (that one was surprisingly sci-fi and I could have kept reading).