num_pages: 272
description: This inspired collection of stories is cause for celebration. With stunning language and dazzling characters, Toure introduces Soul City -- a wholly imagined utopia where magic happens and black is beautiful. In a broad range of characterization and styles, The Portable Promised Land is filled with lighthearted humor and heavyhearted issues. Toure challenges form and what's considered politically correct in stories like The Sad, Sweet Story of Sugar Lips Shinehot and Today's Bi-Annual List of the Top 50 Words in African America . The Portable Promised Land marks the entrance of a new and wildly compelling voice to fiction.
language: English
title: The Portable Promised Land
titlecomplete: The Portable Promised Land
genres: Humor, Fiction, Short Stories
ratings_count: 212
publisher: Back Bay Books