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Publication Date: March 1, 2011
Bound Galleys Available: November 1, 2011
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, Flyover Fiction Series, Series Editor Ron Hansen
Publicist: Cara M Pesek cpesek2@unlnotes.unl.edu
402-472-7710
Synopsis: A novel about a mixed-race couple, setagainst the back drop of race riots in the fictional Midwestern metropolis of Calhoun City, Missouri.
Advance Praise for Twelfth and Race:
In his timely new novel, Twelfth and Race,Eric Goodman brilliantly dramatizes the complex workings of the skin-game inour supposedly 'post-racial' America. His richly drawn characters, blackand white, male and female, are conflicted beings, who strive to make a way ina dark, narrow world where few ways are possible. Read and see whatthey see, read and feel what they feel. This is fiction at its best, prosethat touches, prose that asks us to think more about who we are, that demandsthat we be more than we are. A significant achievement.
--Jeffery Renard Allen, author of Rails Under My Back and Holding Pattern Eric Goodman masterfully plots an inter-racial love story with multiple intersectingthemes of inter-racial hatred, race riots, and complex family relations. The story becomes a wonderful puzzle, leaving us wondering who has stolen whose identity. There’s an amazing amount of wit, soul, candour and erotic and intoxicating energy in this deeply probing and suspenseful novel. An amazingly and gloriously fulfilling read. -- Josip Novakovich, author of April Fool's Day and Salvationand Other DisastersSet in a racially divided city, the narrative—with its many surprising twists and turns—weaves through the difficult terrain of interracial romance between flawed but lovable characters trying to make sense of the jigsaw puzzle of their lives. I know of no other writer who has put all the race cardson the table with such honesty and humanity. Twelfth and Race may verywell be a first of its kind. ---Jim Heynen, author of One Room Schoolhouse
--Jeffery Renard Allen, author of Rails Under My Back and Holding Pattern
Eric Goodman masterfully plots an inter-racial love story with multiple intersectingthemes of inter-racial hatred, race riots, and complex family relations. The story becomes a wonderful puzzle, leaving us wondering who has stolen whose identity. There’s an amazing amount of wit, soul, candour and erotic and intoxicating energy in this deeply probing and suspenseful novel. An amazingly and gloriously fulfilling read. -- Josip Novakovich, author of April Fool's Day and Salvationand Other Disasters
Set in a racially divided city, the narrative—with its many surprising twists and turns—weaves through the difficult terrain of interracial romance between flawed but lovable characters trying to make sense of the jigsaw puzzle of their lives. I know of no other writer who has put all the race cardson the table with such honesty and humanity. Twelfth and Race may verywell be a first of its kind.
---Jim Heynen, author of One Room Schoolhouse
