{"product_id":"mosquito-isbn-9780807083475","title":"Mosquito","description":"Bury those easy-to-read Black romance books. Mosquito is where African-American literature is heading as we approach the twenty-first century.--E. Ethelbert Miller, \u003ci\u003eEmerge\u003c\/i\u003eIf you're acquainted with the lyrical tug of Alice Walker's \u003ci\u003eThe Color Purple\u003c\/i\u003e, then you'll find something familiar and compelling about the narrative voice in Gayl Jones's newest novel, \u003ci\u003eMosquito\u003c\/i\u003e. . . . \u003ci\u003eMosquito's\u003c\/i\u003e voice is melodic, direct, and so conversational that it hooks us immediately and makes us surrender fully to the narrative. . . . To be sure, these observations crackle with wit and a joyful, almost child-like candor.--Quinn Eli, \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Gayl Jones is the black writer we all want to be when we grow up . . . \u003ci\u003eMosquito\u003c\/i\u003e is Gayl Jones unbound, but certainly not untethered nor without her still prodigious storehouses of language, craft, and storytelling prowess.\"--Greg Tate, \u003ci\u003eVoice Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMosquito\u003c\/i\u003e will amuse and confuse and instruct and pique and exhaust you. Sometimes the anecdotes are so good you call up friends to share them. There are a hundred times you want to shout, 'Right on!'\"--Sandra Scofield, \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Most apparent and most surprising, is Jones's sense of humor. When she's at her best, her sly, subversive wit echoes Ishmael Reed at his most sarcastic.\"--Jabari Asim, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Undoubtedly a literary tour de force.\"--James A. Miller, \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eGayl Jones\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Kentucky in 1949. She attended Connecticut College and Brown University, and has taught at Wellesley College and the University of Michigan. Her landmark books include \u003ci\u003eCorregidora\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEva’s Man\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Healing \u003c\/i\u003e(a National Book Award finalist and\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of the Year), \u003ci\u003ePalmares \u003c\/i\u003e(a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in fiction), and most recently, \u003ci\u003eThe Birdcatcher\u003c\/i\u003e (National Book Award finalist).","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300289401061,"sku":"NP9780807083475","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780807083475.jpg?v=1767732988","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/mosquito-isbn-9780807083475","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}