It’s a story that acknowledges male stereotypes while at the same time exploring and subverting the psychic damage each leaves in his or her wake. In his first book, Jamel Brinkley explores black men under both bottled up tenderness and pressurized violence that undoes each character at every turn. Critics have for ages tried to hunt down that statement wherever it’s mentioned, and men only wish it a quick extinction.Ī Lucky Man by Jamel Brinkley is a wonderful debut short story collection. We live in a cultural era where men’s predatory behaviour- at parties, in the workplace, in the White House, in our living rooms- has wrung dry any bits of grace that ascertains the quote that “boys will be boys”. Brinkley contributed in Ploughshares, a short story collection featuring works by other short story authors. Jamel Brinkley’s writing has been featured in Gulf Coast, The Best American Short Stories 2018, The Threepenny Review, American Short Fiction and The Threepenny Review. His A Lucky Man: Story was a finalist for the 2018 National Book Award for fiction category. Brinkley is a member of Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop, and he’s also a Kimbilio Fellow. Jamel Brinkley was born and spent his childhood in Brooklyn and Bronx, New York. He is best known for his A Lucky Man (2018) short stories and Night is One Long Everlasting a standalone novel. Jamel Brinkley is American author of short stories.
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