James Alan McPherson constructs twelve separate fictional short stories in Elbow Room with one central theme: the societal experiences of the African American people. McPherson creates a space which allows the readers to step back and contemplate the African American point of view while handing them the mundane aspects of life and relationships to the complexities of interracial coupling and survival in America.
Elbow Room - James Alan Mcpherson - 1977
Introduction
"Elbow Room" (1977), a short story about a biracial couple, is part of a collection that made James Alan McPherson the first African...
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Among black American short-story writers who came into prominence during the 1960s and 1970s, James Alan McPherson is one of the most gifted. Appearing in numerous "year's best" or "prize" story colle...
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The articulated vision of James Alan McPherson needs to be understood as a product of both time and place. Though his writing has a cosmopolitan quality to it that separated him from many of his conte...
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Elbow Room - James Alan Mcpherson - 1977
James Alan McPherson
