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No one will believe that I like country music. Even my wife scoffs, when told such a possibility exists. "Go on!" Gloria tells me. "I can see blues, bebop, maybe even a little buckdancing. But not bluegrass." Gloria says, "Hillbilly stuff is not just music. It's like the New York Stock Exchange. The minute you see a sharp rise in it, you better watch out."

James Alan McPherson

While the two of us are black, the distance between us is sometimes as great as that between Ibo and Yoruba.

James Alan McPherson

"I'm black. I've accepted myself as that. But didn't I make some elbow room, though?" She tapped her temple with her forefinger. "I mean up here?"

James Alan McPherson

I discovered that nothing really matters except not being old and being alive and having potential to dream about, and not being alone.

James Alan McPherson

James Alan McPherson

James Alan McPherson

Born: September 16, 1943

Died: July 27, 2016 (aged 72)

Bio: James Alan McPherson was an American essayist and short-story writer. He was the first African-American writer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and was included among the first group of artists who received a MacArthur Fellowship.

Known for:

Elbow Room (1977)
A Region Not Home: Reflections From Exile (2000)
Crabcakes: A Memoir (1998)
Hue and Cry: Short Stories (1969)

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