description: ""The most acclaimed literary debut of the year Discovered by The New Yorker, Packer """"forms a constellation of young black experience""""* whether she's writing from the perspective of a church-going black woman who has a crisis in faith, a young college student at Yale, or a young black man unwillingly accompanying his father to the Million Man March. This universally appealing collection of short fiction has already established ZZ Packer as """"a writer to watch"""" (Baltimore Sun). "" Chosen by John Updike as a ""Today Show"" Book Club Pick.
language: English
title: Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
titlecomplete: Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
genres: Literature, American, Literary Fiction, African American, Adult Fiction, Fiction, Short Stories, Race, Short Story Collection, Contemporary
ratings_count: 7326
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 Books