Lost in the City: An Exploration of Edward P. Jones's Short Fiction

Introduction: A Literary Analysis of All Aunt Hagar's Children



Edward P. Jones' compiles fourteen short stories in his fiction collection Lost in the City (1992). The stories' events range from the 1950s to the 1980s, actualizing the life experiences within the African American communities of Washington, D.C. The following essays explore the life experiences Jones captures in his stories while challenging and reinforcing normalized representations of the Black community.

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