Some Soul to Keep: A Short Story Collection Contemporary Literature & Fiction What follows is a personal

What follows is a personal account of the suffering Emerald and her family endured: unsympathetic camera lenses

and Kori-Can Pork Chops

and power are everything

all he does is hang out at the house

Broome’s writing brims with swagger and sensitivity

Some Soul to Keep: A Short Story Collection Contemporary Literature & Fiction What follows is a personalFeaturing five incredible short stories exploring love and how its presence or absence impacts family relations, friendships and romantic relationships, Some Soul to Keep draws a vivid picture of Black characters that leap off the page with their spirit and voice in the literary folk tradition associated most often with Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes. With her warm narration and understanding of the human condition, J. California Cooper brings