Meet Me Halfway
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Meet Me Halfway

Milwaukee Stories

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Meet Me Halfway

Milwaukee Stories

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When Johnquell, an African American teen, suffers a serious accident in the home of his white neighbor, Mrs. Czernicki, his community must find ways to bridge divisions between black and white, gay and straight, old and young. Set in one of the nation's most highly segregated cities—Milwaukee, Wisconsin— Meet Me Halfway tells stories of connections in a community with a tumultuous and divided past. In nine stories told from diverse perspectives, Jennifer Morales captures a Rust Belt city's struggle to establish a common ground and a collective vision of the future.
Morales gives life to multifaceted characters—white schoolteachers and senior citizens, Latino landlords, black and Puerto Rican teens, political activists, and Vietnam vets. As their lives unfold in these stories, we learn about Johnquell's family—his grandparents' involvement in the local Black Panther Party, his sister's on-again, off-again friendship with a white classmate, and his aunt's identity crisis as she finds herself falling in love with a woman. We also meet Johnquell's mother, Gloria, and his school friend Taquan, who is struggling to chart his own future.
As an activist mother in the thick of Milwaukee politics, Morales developed a keen ear and a tender heart for the kids who have inherited the city's troubled racial legacy. With a critical eye on promises unfulfilled, Meet Me Halfway raises questions about the notion of a "postracial" society and, with humor and compassion, lifts up the day-to-day work needed to get there.Runner-up, Short Story/Anthology, Midwest Book AwardsBest books for public & secondary school libraries from university presses, American Library AssociationWisconsin representative for "Great Lakes Reads, " Library of Congress Center for the Book and its affiliated Midwest centersOutstanding Achievement Award, Wisconsin Library Association (one of ten 2015 books chosen)

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Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Year
2015
ISBN
9780299303631
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Literature General
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Heavy Lifting
  4. Fragging
  5. Prelude to a Revolution
  6. Got the Ball
  7. Revision
  8. Misdirected
  9. That’s the Way Cats Are
  10. Menudo
  11. Pressing On