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Sky Is Gray Ernest Gaines
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"The Sky Is Gray" by E. ... Gaines
Ernest J. Gaines: A Man of the Word
Under the magnolia trees and along the winding river roads of southern Louisiana is the land of writer Ernest J. Gaines. ...
Born on Riverlake plantation in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, just outside New Roads, Gaines, the oldest of 12 children, he was raised by a crippled aunt, Augusteen Jefferson. ... It was there that Gaines first entered a library. From that point, literature set him on a course from he never strayed (Dawson, Faith - "A Louisiana life: Ernest J. Gaines", in "Summer", 1997, vol. ... The characters and events are loosely based on lives and experiences that have really touched Gaines. Of his books, Professor Gordon Thompson of City College of New York says, "Gaines has written with great sensitivity and insight some of the most significant fiction of the folkways, language and local culture of blacks in Louisiana, particularly in and around the plantation on which he was raised, endearing them to the hearts of countless millions" (Ferris, Bill - "Meeting Ernest Gaines" in "Humanities", July/August 1998).
"The Sky Is Gray" story is part of a collection of five short stories printed in 1968 under "Bloodline" name. ... " So, the best way to meet Ernest Gaines and to know his words about his native place in Louisiana, his childhood and how is this reflected in his opera, you have to follow the way John F. Callahan, Professor of Humanities at New York City Colege did: "I met Ernest Gaines the way a writer wants to be met.
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Title: Sky Is Gray Ernest Gaines
Words: 1219
Rating: None
Pages: 4.9
submitted by: Iulian
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