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The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother, is the autobiography and memoir of James McBride first published in 1995; it is also a tribute to his mother, whom he calls Mommy, or Ma. The chapters alternate between James McBride's descriptions of his early life and first-person accounts of his mother Ruth's life, mostly taking ...
His mother, Ruchel Dwajra Zylska (name changed to Rachel Deborah Shilsky, and later to Ruth McBride Jordan; April 1, 1921 – January 9, 2010), was a Jewish immigrant from Poland. James was raised in Brooklyn 's Red Hook housing projects until he was seven years old and was the last child Ruth had from her first marriage, the last child of Rev ...
McBride, 66, said in a statement that he was wished his mother were alive to hear of his prize. He then joked, “Does it mean I can use the Library? If so, I’m double thrilled.”
McBride was born Jimmy Ray McBride in Huntsville, Alabama on April 28, 1947. [1] [9] His parents were James Alvin and Helen Hillis McBride. [10] His grandfather was a sharecropper in Alabama. [10] McBride grew up listening to country music on WBHP with his mother. [1] [10] On Saturday nights, his entire family listened to the Grand Ole Opry. [10]
“The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store,” James McBride’s tour de force of a new novel, opens in 1972, when authorities discover a human skeleton and mezuzah at the bottom of a well in the small ...
McBride’s new novel is set in an eclectic Pennsylvania town in the 1930s NEW YORK (AP) — Three books that […] The post James McBride wins $50,000 Kirkus Prize for fiction for ‘The Heaven ...
It portrays the Red Hook Projects, where his co-producer and co-screenwriter, James McBride, grew up. The "Lil' Peace of Heaven Baptist Church of Red Hook" is actually the New Brown Memorial Baptist Church, 609 Clinton Street, which was born in McBride's parents' kitchen. [15] McBride grew up in that church.
Novels by James McBride and Alice McDermott and a short story collection by Jamel Brinkley are among the 10 books on the longlist for one of the literary world's top prizes, the PEN/Faulkner award ...