{"product_id":"stumbling-blocks-and-other-unfinished-delia-steverson-9780820364933","title":"Stumbling Blocks and Other Unfinished Work","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStumbling Blocks \u003c\/i\u003eexpands and contextualizes the unpublished works of the late African American writer Delores Phillips. Born in Cartersville, Georgia in 1950, Delores Faye Phillips spent much of her childhood in Georgia before moving to Cleveland, Ohio. Best known for her 2004 novel \u003ci\u003eThe Darkest Child\u003c\/i\u003e, which follows the Quinn family as they attempt to survive and escape racism, lynchings, and poverty in Jim Crow Georgia during the 1950s, Phillips wrote much more than that. While the novel was met with critical acclaim, little is known about Phillips herself or about her other writings. Indeed, in the 2018 reissue of \u003ci\u003eThe Darkest Child\u003c\/i\u003e, Tayari Jones remarks in the introduction that when she heard Phillips had passed away in 2014, she was \"weighted down with longing for the other books that she would never write.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume, then, corrects the misconception that \u003ci\u003eThe Darkest Child\u003c\/i\u003e was Phillips's only published work. Rather, it establishes her as an experienced and prolific writer who created multi-genre literature throughout her life. It paints a broader picture of Phillips, who was not just a novelist but also a poet and short story writer as well. Just as Alice Walker's recovery work on Zora Neale Hurston in the 1970s was critical to a revival and appreciation of Hurston as \"a genius of the South,\" \u003ci\u003eStumbling Blocks\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates and expands the legacy of an underrepresented writer who is uniquely situated at the intersections of multiple identities including race, gender, disability, and region. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn addition to the sequel to \u003ci\u003eThe Darkest Child\u003c\/i\u003e, this collection also includes an unfinished third novel (\u003ci\u003eNo Ordinary Rain\u003c\/i\u003e), ten poems, seven short stories, contextualizing essays, and an in-depth biography of Phillips. It is also bookended by a foreword from Phillips's sister, Linda Miller, and an afterword from renowned literary scholar Trudier Harris.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Delia Steverson, Delores Phillips\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820364932\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820364933\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 408\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.98w x 1.26d","brand":"Delia Steverson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44321169441023,"sku":"9780820364933","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6f5b9758-c561-4980-bd85-f8fd290c4bb5.jpg?v=1696329474","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/stumbling-blocks-and-other-unfinished-delia-steverson-9780820364933","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}