The Hungered One

"A richness of language and observation pervades this collection of short stories by a black writer about real black people."--The New York Times Book Review These early writings from award-winning playwright Ed Bullins explore loneliness and despair in beautifully crafted stories. Ed Bullins has written numerous plays and fiction, including In the Wine Time, Goin' a Buffalo, Clara's Ole Man, and The Taking of Miss Janie, which received the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best American Play of the 1974-1975 season. His book of short fiction, The Hungered One: Early Writings, was originally published in 1971.