I'm thirty-six years old and I've lived in New York for-is it twelve years now?-and I-back home (that's Emerson, Emerson, Kansas, population thirty thousand, it's almost right in the middle of the state, I'm sure you've heard of-) in Emerson there were like four black kids in high school, maybe ten families in town, and they were, they were just like the rest of us, none of us ever paid attention to their color-oh, God, OH SHIT, damn it, who am I TALKING to? Who are you? Do you have a face, do you have a name? Tell me who you are! Come out of the dark, show me your fucking face! I'm from Kansas, and I can't get used to them. And I, I'm afraid of most of the people who ride the subways, people who aren't like me. Stenchy, screechy, overpoweringly stuffy in the summer.

Then the subway, almost any subway station. Visit our DIGITAL and AUDIO book blogs for updates and news. Other John Farris books currently available or coming soon from Crossroad Press: At various times he has made his home in New York, southern California and Puerto Rico he now lives near Atlanta, Georgia. He has had several plays produced off-Broadway, and also paints and writes poetry. He wrote and directed the film Dear Dead Delilah in 1973. His first wife, Kathleen, was the mother of Julie Marie, John, and Jeff Farris his second wife, Mary Ann Pasante, was the mother of Peter John ('P.J.') Farris.Īpart from his vast body of fiction, his work on motion picture screenplays includes adaptations of his own books (i.e., The Fury), original scripts, and adaptations of the works of others (such as Alfred Bester's The Demolished Man). Raised in Tennessee, he graduated from Central High School in Memphis and attended Southwestern College (now Rhodes College) in Memphis. He was born 1936 in Jefferson City, Missouri, to parents John Linder Farris (1909–1982) and Eleanor Carter Farris (1905–1984). John Lee Farris (born 1936) is an American writer, known largely for his work in the southern Gothic genre. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then you should return to the vendor of your choice and purchase your own copy. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. This eBook may not be re-sold or given away to other people.

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Shatter by John Farris