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Edward P Jones
(b.1950)Edward P. Jones was born and raised in Washington, D.C. Winner of the Pen/Hemingway Award and recipient of the Lannan Foundation Grant, Jones was educated at Holy Cross College and the University of Virginia. His first book, Lost in the City was originally published by William Morrow in 1992 and shortlisted for the National Book Award. Mr. Jones was named a National Book Award finalist for a second time with the publication of his debut novel The Known World which subsequently won the prestigious 2004 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
Awards: PEN (2010), Dublin (2005), Pulitzer (2004), NBCC (2003) see all
Genres: Literary Fiction
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Books containing stories by Edward P Jones
100 Years of the Best American Short Stories (2015)
(Best American Short Stories)
edited by
Lorrie Moore and Heidi Pitlor
Black Noir (2009)
Mystery, Crime, and Suspense Stories by African-American Writers
edited by
Otto Penzler
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Edward P Jones recommends
All the World Can Hold (2026)
Jung Yun
"Yun, ever the craftswomen, has the ability to couple the tragic with the mundane. The exquisite wonder of ALL THE WORLD CAN HOLDis to witness the life moves of grandly but painfully realized characters."
Temple Folk (2023)
Aaliyah Bilal
"Temple Folk is more than a special literary accomplishment, it is a gift of glorious songs. The people in the nation of Islam have not appeared very often in literature. Now, Aaliyah Bilal arrives with a splendid and grand collection of 10 stories that, with sensitivity and insight and skill, give us a world of people, our loved ones, and neighbors, who decided that life might be better in the nation. We have long needed these stories, these songs, and this gift should be praised from as many rooftops as possible."
Yonder (2022)
Jabari Asim
"Exceptional. A splendid addition to the library of fiction on American slavery, which - given the centuries it existed - is not as large as it could be. Skillfully wielding a number of literary tools, including a grand way with language, Asim reveals the slaves' everyday world away from the lash and brutality: the loves, the laughter, the age-old tussles with life. Yonder builds a permanent place in a reader's mind. Asim is to be applauded."
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