The Hungered One

"A richness of language and observation pervades this collection of short stories by a black writer about real black people."--"The New York Times Book Review" These early writings from award-winning playwright Ed Bullins explore loneliness and despair in beautifully crafted stories. Ed Bullins has written numerous plays and fiction, including "In the Wine Time," "Goin' a Buffalo," "Clara's Ole Man," and "The Taking of Miss Janie," which received the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best American Play of the 1974-1975 season. His book of short fiction, "The Hungered One: Early Writings," was originally published in 1971.