Children of the Night: The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, 1967 to Present Humorous *INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES

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"The Dream Keeper" was first published

a non-human spirit that plagues a family with misfortune by being born and then dying in childhood to cause a human mother misery

especially nurses of color

and moving story that keeps the pages turning until the end

Children of the Night: The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, 1967 to Present Humorous *INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMESThe sequel to Langston Hughes's 1967 classic anthology The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, Gloria Naylor's Children of the Night is a "brilliant collection" of short stories by black writers including Maya Angelou, Ralph Ellison, and Edward P. Jones (Booklist). In 1969, Langston Hughes edited The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, the classic compendium of African American short fiction from 1899 to 1967. A quarter of a century later, Gloria