Brotherman
Subtitle: the odyssey of black men in America
By: edited by Herb Boyd and Robert Allen ; illustrations by Tom Feelings.
Contributors: Boyd, Herb, 1938-; Allen, Robert L., 1942-; Feelings, Tom, ill.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: One World
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 909
Subjects: American literature -- African American authors.; African American men -- Literary collections.; African Americans -- Literary collections.; American literature -- Male authors.; African American men.
Genres: Literary collections.
Other titles: Brother man.
Description: The first anthology of African American literature devoted to exclusively male writings. Contains over 100 selections.

The purpose of this extraordinary anthology is made abundantly clear by the editors' stated intention: "to create a living mosaic of essays and stories in which Black men can view themselves, and be viewed without distortion." In this, they have succeeded brilliantly. Brotherman contains more than one hundred and fifty selections, some never before published--from slave narratives, memoirs, social histories, novels, poems, short stories, biographies, autobiographies, position papers, and essays. Brotherman books us passage to the world that Black men experience as adolescents, lovers, husbands, fathers, workers, warriors, and elders. On this journey they encounter pain, confusion, anger, and love while confronting the life-threatening issues of race, sex, and politics--often as strangers in a strange land. The first collection of its kind, Brotherman gathers together a multitude of voices that add a new, unforgettable chapter to American cultural identity.