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Al Young

Al Young

Americanb. May 31, 1939Literary Fiction

Al Young is a California novelist and poet closely associated with the San Francisco Bay Area multicultural literary scene whose fiction celebrates jazz, Black vernacular culture, and the California experience.

Works

  • SnakesNovel about reconnection and love between estranged childhood friends→
  • Who Is Angelina?Novel exploring identity, ambition, and racial consciousness of a young Black woman→
  • Sitting PrettyNovel about a middle-aged man learning to live fully while caregiving for his mother→
  • Ask Me NowNovel tracing interconnected lives through music, time, and personal transformation→
  • Seduction by LightScience fiction exploring artistic intimacy, surveillance, and spirituality in the future→

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