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The Men of Brewster Place

by Gloria Naylor · 1998

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Naylor returns to the fictional neighborhood, this time focusing on the men behind the women who inhabited that desolate block of row houses, telling their tragic, sad, funny, and heroic stories.

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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
African AmericanAfrican AmericanMore like thisLess of thisdiversitydiversityMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 208 pages
Form
short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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