The Jazz Fiction Anthology

The Jazz Fiction Anthology - Edited by Sascha Feinstein and David Rife

"A superb selection that illuminates the fascinating variety of literary responses to jazz." —Dan Morgenstern, author of Living with Jazz

"No previous anthology of jazz-inspired fiction has assembled under one roof such a culturally varied and historically important group of stories. Here at last is a beautiful, carefully chosen collection, as surprising as the music, as swinging as the rhythms of this age." —A.B. Spellman, author of Four Lives in the Bebop Business

A gathering of the best jazz fiction from the 1920s to the present, this anthology includes 20th-century fiction by Eudora Welty, James Baldwin, Richard Yates, and others, plus important recent work from writers such as Yusef Komunyakaa, Xu Xi, and Amiri Baraka. Together these artists demonstrate the strong influence of jazz on fiction. What sounds throughout these stories is the universal voice of humanity that is the essence of the music.

Sascha Feinstein is editor of Brilliant Corners: A Journal of Jazz & Literature; The Jazz Poetry Anthology (IUP, 1991) and The Second Set (IUP, 1996) (both with Yusef Komunyakaa); and Ask Me Now: Conversations on Jazz and Literature (IUP, 2007). In 2008, Feinstein was named Pennsylvania's Governor's Awards Artist of the Year.
David Rife is author of Jazz Fiction: A History and Comprehensive Reader's Guide.

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