Scenes of Instruction: A Memoir

by Michael Awkward

Scenes of Instruction is the memoir of noted scholar of African American literature Michael Awkward. Structured around the commencement ceremonies that marked his graduations from various schools, it presents Awkward's coming-of-age as a bookish black male in the projects of 1970s Philadelphia. His relationships with his family and peers, their struggles with poverty and addiction, and his eventual move from underfunded urban schools to a prestigious...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822324024
• ISBN13: 9780822324027
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.4"