KILLING COLOR by Charlotte Watson Sherman (1992) [SIGNED COPY]

KILLING COLOR by Charlotte Watson Sherman

Calyx Books. 1992. Signed on the title page by author. Green wrappers. 107pp. The book is in FINE condition.  

Author's debut collection of short stories. Eleven folk-tale-style stories rich in musical language from an African-American writer in Seattle, winner of a regional fiction award. Sherman's characters sing and hum them old old songs, sound like folks bottled up with sorrow so sweet it turn to sugar. In the best stories here, the voice and sensibility are so credible that magical happenings and political messages go down smooth.