Gumbo

Edited by Marita Golden and E. Lynn Harriss

A literary rent party to benefit the Hurston/Wright Foundation of  African-American fiction, with selections to savor from bestselling  authors as well as talented rising stars.

Not since Terry McMillan’s Breaking Ice have so many  African-American writers been brought together in one  volume. A stellar collection of works from more than fifty hot names in  fiction, Gumbo represents remarkable synergy. Edited by  bestselling luminaries Marita Golden and E. Lynn Harris, this collection  spans new and previously published tales of love and luck, inspiration  and violation, hip new worlds and hallowed heritage from voices such as:

• Edwidge Danticat
• Eric Jerome Dickey
• Kenji Jasper
• John Edgar Wideman
• Terry McMillan
• David Anthony Durham
• Bertice Berry
…and many, many more

Also featuring original stories by Golden and Harris themselves, Gumbo heralds the debut of the Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards for Published  Black Writers (scheduled for October 2002), and all advances and  royalties from the book will support the Hurston/Wright Foundation.  Combining authors with a variety of flavorful writing, Gumbo will have readers clamoring for second helpings.