{"product_id":"table-scraps-and-other-essays-paperback","title":"Table Scraps and Other Essays - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJuyanne James\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRandy Bates\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTable Scraps and Other Essays is for all intents and purposes memoir writing. At the heart of the twenty-two true stories is an African American female who, as a child, along with her siblings, must learn the value of hard work as hired hands. James's young spirit is often at odds with her growing family, especially with a father figure who ignores his duties as husband and provider. She has a strong, loving mother who insists on keeping the family together. James learns to trust and depend on the \"guardians\" of her small Louisiana community--teachers who are eventually forced to move away from the area when the local schools are integrated. Many years later, James returns home figuratively, and literally on occasion, from the apartment where she lives in New Orleans, and reconnects with a father who seeks forgiveness for his earlier betrayal. He spends each day attempting to make up for the ill treatment of his wife and children. In these essays, James shares her love of nature, both as a means of escape from her troubled family and as inspiration for her writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJuyanne James is an associate professor of English at the University of Holy Cross in New Orleans, Louisiana. She has authored \u003ci\u003eThe Persimmon Trail and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e; her stories and essays have appeared in journals such as \u003ci\u003eThe Louisville Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMythium\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBayou Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEleven Eleven\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThrice\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePonder Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and included in the anthologies \u003ci\u003eNew Stories from the South: 2009\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSomething in the Water: 20 Louisiana Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. \"Table Scraps\" was a notable inclusion in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Essays\u003c\/i\u003e (2014). \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 158\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.34 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 18, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47333338710201,"sku":"9781725251731","price":33.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0686\/4309\/4713\/files\/fOGGZAxaEf9781725251731.webp?v=1780483829","url":"https:\/\/thoobo.com\/products\/table-scraps-and-other-essays-paperback","provider":"Thoobo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}