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  1. www.npr.org › 2020/03/09 › 812847437James McBride On The Kindness That Shaped Him ... - NPR

    Mar 9, 2020 · Fast, Complex And Funny, 'Deacon King Kong' Is A Love Letter To New York City. McBride's new novel, Deacon King Kong, takes place in 1969, in a Brooklyn housing project similar to the one where he ...

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  2. www.thecrimson.com › article › 2020/4/7‘Deacon King Kong’ Preaches Righteousness and Hope

    Apr 7, 2020 · April 7, 2020. “Deacon King Kong” is not for cynics. National Humanities Medalist James McBride’s latest novel points to the good in people, no matter how many bad things they’ve done. Set ...

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  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › James_McBride_(writer)James McBride (writer) - Wikipedia

    McBride is the tenor saxophonist for the Rock Bottom Remainders, a group of best-selling authors who are also musicians. "Hopefully", McBride says, "the group has retired for good." He also toured as a saxophonist with jazz legend Little Jimmy Scott and has his own band that plays an eclectic blend of music.

  5. www.litcharts.com › lit › deacon-king-kongDeacon King Kong Study Guide | Literature Guide - LitCharts

    When he was born, McBride was one of eight children, and when his mother remarried, he became one of twelve. McBride grew up in the Red Hook housing projects of Brooklyn, and his experience has influenced much of his writing, including Deacon King Kong (2020). In the mid-1970s, McBride Oberlin College, where he received his bachelor’s degree.

  6. hollywoodprogressive.com › literature › humanism-ofThe Humanism of Writer James McBride - Hollywood Progressive

    Nov 10, 2023 · Nov 10, 2023. A few months ago I touched on James McBride’s humanism, primarily as displayed in his novel Deacon King Kong (2020). I also mentioned that the newest novel of this son of a Black minister father and a Jewish mother was this year’s The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store (hereafter “Heaven”). Moreover, a reviewer of it noted ...

  7. www.npr.org › 2020/06/10 › 874480358James McBride on 'Deacon King Kong' : It's Been a Minute - NPR

    Jun 16, 2020 · Author James McBride's new book is Deacon King Kong. James McBride is the National Award-winning author of The Good Lord Bird and the best-selling memoir, The Color of Water. His latest book is ...

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  9. www.npr.org › 2020/06/24 › 882678420Author James McBride Sees Hope In Recent Activism For ... - NPR

    Jun 24, 2020 · JAMES MCBRIDE: "Deacon King Kong" is essentially a book about a deacon from a small Baptist church in the southwest corner of Brooklyn who gets drunk one morning, pulls out his old, ancient .38 ...