Jeffery Renard Allen Book List

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Book List in Order: 4 titles

Rails Under My Back
- Mar-2001
- / General Fiction
"Will put Allen in the company of writers such as James Joyce, August Wilson, and Ralph Ellison." -- The Philadelphia InquirerWhen it was first published fifteen years ago, Jeffery Renard Allen's debut novel, Rails Under My Back, earned its author c...

Holding Pattern
- Sep-2008
- / General Fiction
The world of Jeffery Renard Allen's stunning short-story collection is a place like no other. A recognizable city, certainly, but one in which a man might sprout wings or copper pennies might fall from the skies onto your head. Yet these are no fairy...

Song of the Shank
- Jun-2014
- / Historical
At the heart of this remarkable novel is Thomas Greene Wiggins, a nineteenth-century slave and improbable musical genius who performed under the name Blind Tom. In 1866, Tom and his guardian, Eliza Bethune, struggle to readjust to their fashionab...

Fat Time and Other Stories
- Jun-2023
- / General Fiction
* LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN FICTION *A ferocious, innovative story collection about Black lives in the past, present, and future“A potentially transformative exhibition of visionary storytelling.”R...

Jeffery Renard Allen has published 4 books.

Jeffery Renard Allen does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Fat Time and Other Stories, was published in June 2023.

The first book by Jeffery Renard Allen, Rails Under My Back, was published in March 2001.

No. Jeffery Renard Allen does not write books in series.