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653			_aClass of Fall 2021
653			_aMary Ellen von der Heyden Fellow in Fiction
653			_aFellow
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020			_a9781432887230 _q(hardcover)
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050	1	0	_aPS3608.U23245 _bR53 2021
082	0	0	_a813/.6 _223
100	1		_aHubbard, Ladee, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe rib king : _ba novel / _cLadee Hubbard.
250			_aLarge Print edition.
263			_a2105
264		1	_aWaterville, Maine : _bThorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, _c2021.
300			_apages cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aThorndike Press Large Print Black Voices
520			_a"Ladee Hubbard's voice is a welcome original." --Mary Gaitskill The acclaimed author of The Talented Ribkins deconstructs painful African American stereotypes and offers a fresh and searing critique on race, class, privilege, ambition, exploitation, and the seeds of rage in America in this intricately woven and masterfully executed historical novel, set in early the twentieth century that centers around the black servants of a down-on-its heels upper-class white family. For fifteen years August Sitwell has worked for the Barclays, a well-to-do white family who plucked him from an orphan asylum and gave him a job. The groundskeeper is part of the household's all-black staff, along with "Miss Mamie," the talented cook, pretty new maid Jennie Williams, and three young kitchen apprentices--the latest orphan boys Mr. Barclay has taken in to "civilize" boys like August. But the Barclays fortunes have fallen, and their money is almost gone. When a prospective business associate proposes selling Miss Mamie's delicious rib sauce to local markets under the brand name "The Rib King"--using a caricature of a wildly grinning August on the label--Mr. Barclay, desperate for cash, agrees. Yet neither Miss Mamie nor August will see a dime. Humiliated, August grows increasingly distraught, his anger building to a rage that explodes in shocking tragedy. Elegantly written and exhaustively researched, The Rib King is an unsparing examination of America's fascination with black iconography and exploitation that redefines African American stereotypes in literature. In this powerful, disturbing, and timely novel, Ladee Hubbard reveals who people actually are, and most importantly, who and what they are not"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aLarge type books.
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