
a book
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
ZZ Packer · 2003 · 224 pages
In a debut collection by an award-winning short story writer, a scout troupe of African-American girls is confronted by a group of disabled white girls, a young man considers his allegiance to his father during the Million Man March in Washington, and an international group of work-seeking drifters find themselves starving in Japan. 35,000 first printing.
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Colson Whitehead
“With her new novel on the way, it’s worth revisiting ZZ’s masterful debut collection. These are stories with a bite, sneaky and wise. Start with ‘The Ant of the Self’ and ‘Brownies.'”↗