Another Pulitzer winner for fiction, a collection of short stories. Some of these stories are excellent, others are wide of the mark. For instance, Problems of Art was nicely done, but the title story was almost incomprehensible. At its core was a story of an interracial marriage, but overlying that was a bizarre dialog between the author and a critic. I have to agree with the critic that the story didn't make much sense in that form.
Another problem with the stories are their tone. It's erudite and condescending, while the subject matter is usually lower class Black people. I found it detached and off-putting. It certainly did nothing to immerse the reader in the story.
It can be tough to read these short story collections, since every few pages you have to start over with a new story and new characters. It's easy to lose focus and concentration.
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