Daddy was a number runner : a novel / by Louise Meriwether ; with foreword by James Baldwin.

Author/creator Meriwether, Louise author.
Other author Baldwin, James, 1924-1987, writer of foreword.
Format Book
Edition55th Anniversary edition.
PublicationNew York, NY : The Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 2025.
Copyright Date©2025
Descriptionxiii, 297 pages : 22 cm
Subjects

Abstract "A new edition of Louise Meriwether's classic novel about a young Black girl's coming-of-age in Harlem in the 1930s, featuring new writing celebrating Meriwether's life and work. This edition contains the full text of the novel, as well as its foreword by James Baldwin and afterword by Nellie McKay, now expanded to include reactions from newer generations of Black women writers like Bridgett M. Davis, Farah Griffin, and Deesha Philyaw, as well as two newly available interviews on Meriwether's legacy of writing, community, and activism"-- Provided by publisher.
Issued in other formOnline version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Meriwether, Louise Daddy was a number runner Expanded edition New York City : Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 2025 9781558613539
Genre/formBildungsromans.
Genre/formNovels.
Genre/formFiction.
Genre/formRomans.
LCCN 2025030414
ISBN9781558613522
ISBN1558613528 paperback
ISBNelectronic book

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