num_pages: 256
description: Presents a collection of eight short stories, that touch on the subject of race and race relations.
language: English
title: Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
titlecomplete: Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
genres: Fiction, American, Short Stories, Literature, Contemporary, Short Story Collection, Adult Fiction, Literary Fiction, Race, African American
ratings_count: 7327
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Guardian First Book Award
category: Also Commended, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: California Book Award
category: First Fiction (Silver), awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: ALA Alex Award, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Hurston/Wright Legacy Award
category: Debut Fiction, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel
publisher: Riverhead Hardcover