Hue and Cry

The classic debut collection from Pulitzer Prize winner James Alan McPhersonHue and Cry is the remarkably mature and agile debut story collection from James Alan McPherson one of America’s most venerated and most original writers. McPherson’s characters -- gritty authentic and pristinely rendered -- give voice to unheard struggles along the dividing lines of race and poverty in subtle fluid prose that bears no trace of sentimentality agenda or apology.First published in 1968 this collection includes the Atlantic Prize-winning story “Gold Coast” (selected by John Updike for the collection Best American Short Stories of the Century). Now with a new preface by Edward P. Jones Hue and Cry introduced America to McPherson’s unforgettable enduring vision and distinctive artistry.