Bibliograph

Black boy joy, edited by Kwame Mbalia ; stories by: B.B. Alston [and 16 others]

Type

Label

Black boy joy, edited by Kwame Mbalia ; stories by: B.B. Alston [and 16 others]

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Black boy joy

Oclc number

1237807392

Responsibility statement

edited by Kwame Mbalia ; stories by: B.B. Alston [and 16 others]

Summary

From seventeen acclaimed Black male and nonbinary authors comes a vibrant collection of stories, comics, and poems about the power of joy and the wonders of Black boyhood

Table Of Contents

The griot of Grover Street: part one / by Kwame Mbalia -- There's going to be a fight in the cafeteria on Friday and you better not bring Batman / by Lamar Giles -- "The McCoy game" / by B. B. Alston -- The legendary Lawrence Cobbler / by Julian Winters -- First-day fly / by Jason Reynolds -- Got me a jet pack / by Don P. Hooper -- Extinct / by Dean Atta -- Epic venture / by Jay Coles -- The definition of cool / by Varian Johnson -- The griot of Grover Street: part two / by Kwame Mbalia -- Five thousand light-years to home / by Suyi Davies Okungbowa -- Coping / by Tochi Onyebuchi -- The gender reveal / by George M. Johnson -- Kassius's foolproof guide to losing the turkey bowl / by Davaun Sanders -- But also, jazz / by Julian Randall -- Our dill / by Justin A. Reynolds -- Percival and the jab / by P. Djèlí Clark -- Embracing my Black boy joy / by Jerry Craft -- The griot of Grover Street: part three / by Kwame Mbalia

Target audience

pre adolescent

resource.variantTitle

Black boy joy, 17 stories celebrating Black boyhood

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