Bailey's Cafe
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And that’s how we wrap it, folks. It’s the happiest ending I’ve got. Personally, I’m not really too down about it. Life will go on. Still, I do understand the point this little fella is making as he wakes up in the basket: When you have to face it with more questions than answers, it can be a crying shame.
The author wishes to thank the Guggenheim Foundation and Jonathan Culler at the Society for the Humanities, Cornell University, for their generous financial and moral support during the writing of this novel.
About the Author
Gloria Naylor (1950–2016) grew up in New York City. She received her bachelor of arts in English from Brooklyn College and her master of arts in Afro-American Studies from Yale University. Her first novel, The Women of Brewster Place, won the National Book Award. She is also the author of Linden Hills, Mama Day, Bailey’s Cafe, The Men of Brewster Place, and the fictionalized memoir 1996.
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, events, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
“Mood Indigo” has appeared in The Southern Review, Summer 1992.
Copyright © 1992 by Gloria Naylor
Cover design by Kat JK Lee
ISBN: 978-1-5040-4316-8
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