A Piece of Mine
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AFTERWORD
After Ruby died at 91 years of age, Gee Cee was still living at 90 years of age and he had a marker laid across the two graves saying, “Friends, all the way to the End.” It’s still there.
About the Author
J. California Cooper is the author of three collections of stories—Some Soul to Keep, Homemade Love (a recipient of the 1989 American Book Award), and The Matter Is Life—as well as a novel, Family, and seventeen plays, many of which have been produced and performed on the stage, public television, radio, and college campuses. Her plays have also been anthologized, and in 1978 she was named Black Playwright of the Year for Strangers, which was performed at the San Francisco Palace of Fine Arts. Among her numerous awards are the James Baldwin Writing Award (1988) and the Literary Lion Award from the American Library Association (1988). Ms. Cooper lives in a small town in Texas, and is the mother of a daughter, Paris Williams.