Characters in No Marble Angels struggle to close distances between each other, distances of race, sex, age."A valuable philosophical or political acquisition as well as a literary one . should be sought out and read."-Carolyn See, Los Angeles Times"The stories remind me of both I.B. Singer and Flannery O'Conner-compelling."-John A. Williams, The Man Who Cried I Am"Readers casually picking up . No Marble Angels might think they have stumbled into Anne Tyler's world . gems of clean, direct narrative."-Baltimore Sun"With wonderfully wry humor, Leedom-Ackerman depicts the kind of good will that ends up causing trouble for others . a refined sense of craft is evident in all the stories."-Library Journal

Characters in No Marble Angels struggle to close distances between each other, distances of race, sex, age.
“A valuable philosophical or political acquisition as well as a literary one … should be sought out and read.”—Carolyn See, Los Angeles Times
“The stories remind me of both I.B. Singer and Flannery O’Conner—compelling.”—John A. Williams, The Man Who Cried I Am
“Readers casually picking up … No Marble Angels might think they have stumbled into Anne Tyler’s world … gems of clean, direct narrative.”—Baltimore Sun
“With wonderfully wry humor, Leedom-Ackerman depicts the kind of good will that ends up causing trouble for others … a refined sense of craft is evident in all the stories.”—Library Journal

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Nine stories deal with individuals trying to overcome the distances that divide them.

Joanne Leedom-Ackerman is a novelist, short story writer, and journalist. Her works of fiction include The Dark Path to the River and No Marble Angels. She has also published fiction and essays in books and anthologies, including Short Stories of the Civil Rights Movement; Remembering Arthur Miller; Electric Grace; Snakes: An Anthology of Serpent Tales; Beyond Literacy; Women For All Seasons; Fiction and Poetry by Texas Women; The Bicentennial Collection of Texas Short Stories; What You Can Do.

As a reporter for The Christian Science Monitor early in her career, Joanne won awards for her nonfiction and has published hundreds of articles in newspapers and magazines. She has taught writing at New York University, City University of New York, Occidental College, and the University of California at Los Angeles extension. She holds a Master of Arts degree from both Brown University and Johns Hopkins University, and graduated cum laude from Principia College.

Characters in "No Marble Angels" struggle to close distances between each other, distances of race, sex, age.

"A valuable philosophical or political acquisition as well as a literary one . should be sought out and read."-Carolyn See, "Los Angeles Times"

"The stories remind me of both I.B. Singer and Flannery O'Conner-compelling."-John A. Williams, "The Man Who Cried I Am"

"Readers casually picking up . "No Marble Angels" might think they have stumbled into Anne Tyler's world . gems of clean, direct narrative."-"Baltimore Sun"

"With wonderfully wry humor, Leedom-Ackerman depicts the kind of good will that ends up causing trouble for others . a refined sense of craft is evident in all the stories."-"Library Journal"