The Silver Crescent

Fiction. African American Studies. This collection of short stories explores a fascinating era of African American history with wisdom and understanding. "THE SILVER CRESCENT wends its way from Boston to Miami, stopping at Major cities, and passing near of through hundreds of towns and hamlets. The sturdy tracks are a visible presence along its route, and the stories contained here happen within the sight and sound of the train. Some tales tell of affluent neighbors while other wander over to "the other side of the tracks"--Andrew Arkin. Leslie Woodard is praised for her fluid prose that travels seamlessly between the individual and collective memory. "Leslie Woodard's luminous prose characters that haunt you, her tales, so human, rich with longing and regret.. She is a master storyteller"--Leslie T. Sharpe.