Play Pretty Blues by Snowden Wright
Wright's fervent, musical prose captures the very essence of the blues. Play Pretty Blues is a work of extraordinary imagination and soul.--Will Allison, author of Long Drive Home
The mysteries of blues legend Robert Johnson's life and death long ago became myth. Part researched reconstruction, part vivid imagination, this lyrical novel brings Johnson alive through the voices of his six wives, revealing the husband and son inside the legend.
Snowden Wright was born and raised in Mississippi. His work has been published at Salon, the Atlantic Online, Esquire Online, and the New York Daily News. He lives in New York.
Snowden Wright graduated from Dartmouth College with a BA in Creative Writing and Columbia University with an MFA in Fiction Writing. Salon, TheAtlantic.com, Nerve, The Morning News, Freerange Nonfiction, Thought Catalog, The Good Men Project, Esquire.com, Bookslut, The Millions, and the New York Daily News have all published his nonfiction. Dark Sky, The Rumpus, TheLMagazine.com, Emprise Review, elimae, and Vol. 1 have all published his stories. Brooklyn is number one. Wright won the Graywolf Award for outstanding novel excerpt at the Summer Literary Seminar in 2012. He currently resides in New York City.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781938126109 |
| ISBN 10 | 1938126106 |
| Title | Play Pretty Blues |
| Author | Snowden Wright |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Engine Books |
| Year published | 2020-10-26 |
| Number of pages | 212 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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