Drinking Coffee Elsewhere. Z.Z. Packer

zz packer

A collection that explores what it is to be human. Never neatly resolved, these provocative and unforgettable stories resonate with honesty and wry humour and introduce us to a major new talent.

Genres short storiesfictionafrican americanracecontemporaryadult fictionliterary fictionamericanbook clubliterature

null pages, Paperback

First published February 3,2004

Literary awards

guardian first book award, pen/faulkner award for fiction, california book award, ala alex award, hurston/wright legacy award, pen/hemingway award for debut novel,

This edition

Format: null pages, Paperback
Published: January 1, 2005 by Canongate Books
ISBN: 9781841955568
ASIN: 1841955566
Language: English

About the author

ZZ Packer (born January 12, 1973) is an African-American author, notable for her works of short fiction. Born in Chicago, Illinois, she grew up in Atlanta, Georgia and Louisville, Kentucky. Her given name is Zuwena (Swahili for "good"), but "After a while of teachers mispronouncing my name and everyone else in the world, I began introducing myself as ZZ, and it just kind of stuck". Recognized as a talented writer at an early age, her first significant publication was in Seventeen magazine at the age of 19. She is a 1990 graduate of Seneca High School, in Louisville, KY.