![]() ![]() At a time when more attention has been given to the ways men abuse their positions of influence, Brinkley refuses to soften or simplify his exploration of the male psyche. When combined, these individual stories become a chorus of voices who must operate within a framework that rewards the accumulation and use of power and rejects vulnerability. ![]() Despite their differences, Brinkley’s characters are tied to generational tales of absence, expectation, and conditional love, told by the men who came before them. In many ways, A Lucky Man is a book about fathers. However, beneath the surface runs a powerful commentary on man’s search for ever-elusive intimacy. At first glance, Brinkley’s characters appear to stand and stumble as they try to attain fleeting moments of happiness through sex, alcohol, and recognition from fellow men. In his debut short story collection, A Lucky Man, Jamel Brinkley traces the arch of fractured masculinity through the lives of nine black men, ranging from the precipice of puberty to the dimming lights of youth. ![]()
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