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- catalog abstract "Parallel Time is an evocative memoir that poses universal questions: Where does the family end and the self begin? What do we owe our families, and what do we owe our dreams for ourselves? What part of the past is a gift and what part a shackle? For Brent Staples there is the added dimension of race: moving from a black world into one largely defined by whites. The oldest son among nine children, Brent grew up in a small industrial town near Philadelphia. First a. Scholarship to a local college and then one for graduate study at the University of Chicago pulled him out of the close family circle. While he was away, the industries that supported the town failed, and drug dealing rushed in to fill the economic void. News of arrests and premature deaths among Brent's childhood friends underscored the precariousness of his perch in a world of mostly white achievers. A younger brother became a cocaine dealer and was murdered by one of. His "clients." His death propelled Brent into a reconsideration of his childhood and coming-of-age that offers vivid portraits of family and place, of values that supported and pressures that tore apart, of the appeal and pain of entering a predominantly white world, and of the strengths and vulnerabilities of the black world he grew away from.".
- catalog contributor b5300550.
- catalog coverage "United States".
- catalog created "c1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "c1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
- catalog description "His "clients." His death propelled Brent into a reconsideration of his childhood and coming-of-age that offers vivid portraits of family and place, of values that supported and pressures that tore apart, of the appeal and pain of entering a predominantly white world, and of the strengths and vulnerabilities of the black world he grew away from.".
- catalog description "Parallel Time is an evocative memoir that poses universal questions: Where does the family end and the self begin? What do we owe our families, and what do we owe our dreams for ourselves? What part of the past is a gift and what part a shackle? For Brent Staples there is the added dimension of race: moving from a black world into one largely defined by whites. The oldest son among nine children, Brent grew up in a small industrial town near Philadelphia. First a.".
- catalog description "Scholarship to a local college and then one for graduate study at the University of Chicago pulled him out of the close family circle. While he was away, the industries that supported the town failed, and drug dealing rushed in to fill the economic void. News of arrests and premature deaths among Brent's childhood friends underscored the precariousness of his perch in a world of mostly white achievers. A younger brother became a cocaine dealer and was murdered by one of.".
- catalog description "The coroner's photographs -- Living in motion -- The hill -- The perfect father -- Another country -- The silver surfer -- Andy's musical bar -- The knock out -- Come the revolution -- The discovery of light -- Mr. Bellow's planet -- A letter from Blake.".
- catalog extent "274 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Parallel time.".
- catalog identifier "0679421548".
- catalog isFormatOf "Parallel time.".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "c1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Pantheon Books,".
- catalog relation "Parallel time.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "070.4/1/092 B 20".
- catalog subject "African Americans Biography.".
- catalog subject "African Americans".
- catalog subject "Journalism".
- catalog subject "Journalists United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Newspaper editors United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "PN4874.S67 S73 1994".
- catalog subject "Staples, Brent A., 1951-".
- catalog subject "Staples, Brent, 1951-".
- catalog tableOfContents "The coroner's photographs -- Living in motion -- The hill -- The perfect father -- Another country -- The silver surfer -- Andy's musical bar -- The knock out -- Come the revolution -- The discovery of light -- Mr. Bellow's planet -- A letter from Blake.".
- catalog title "Parallel time : growing up in black and white / Brent Staples.".
- catalog type "Biography".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "Staples, Brent. swd".
- catalog type "text".