Category: dancers on the shore

+

+ "The Only Man on Liberty Street", african american literature, american literature, cult of domesticity, dancers on the shore, domestic sphere, Literature, the servant problem, william melvin kelley

William Melvin Kelley’s “The Servant Problem” and the Domestic Sphere

by

Last Thursday, I wrote about William Melvin Kelley’s “The Only Man on Liberty Street” from his 1964 short story collection Dancers on the Shore. Today, I want to take a moment to look at another story in that collection, “The Servant Problem,” exploring the ways that Kelley addresses the domestic space and sexual policing of black bodies, topics that occur in “The Only Man … Read More William Melvin Kelley’s “The Servant Problem” and the Domestic Sphere

+ "The Only Man on Liberty Street", a different drummer, african american literature, alice walker, american literature, dancers on the shore, Eli Rosenblatt, ernest j gaines, frank yerby, Literature, southern literature, william melvin kelley

William Melvin Kelley’s “The Only Man on Liberty Street” and Children

by

I’ve read William Melvin Kelley’s Dem (1967) and A Different Drummer (1962). After reading Eli Rosenblatt’s piece on Kelley in May at Public Books, I decided to dig further into Kelley’s work, beginning with his short story collection Dancers on the Shore (1964). Immediately, two stories stuck out to me from the collection, “The Only Man on Liberty Street” and “The Servant Problem.” Over … Read More William Melvin Kelley’s “The Only Man on Liberty Street” and Children

Archive
Follow me on Twitter

Blog at WordPress.com.