Aquaboogie: A Novel in StoriesStraight writes with tenderness and insight about the lives of people from the Westside, a black neighborhood in a large southern California city--but it isn't the California everyone knows or thinks they know. |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
ain't Arlene baby breath Brenda Buddah called chitlins close Crips Cylons damn Darnell Darnell's Donnie door dude edge Esther eyes face father felt fence fingers floor Floyd Fricke front girl gotta gray green guys hair hands head hear heard I'ma inside James Baldwin Jesse Karen kids kitchen knew Lanier laughed Lee Myrtle listening looked Louis lowrider Maitrue Mama Middlefield morning move Nacho neck never nigger night nothin Nucoa palm Palm Springs parking Picasso pulled pushed quiche radio Regina remember Rio Seco rocks Rosa King Roscoe Shawan shit skin sleep smell smiled smoke Snooter stared stood stop street Susan Straight talking tell thought tiny told trees Trent truck Tucker tumbleweeds turned V-Roy voice waited walked walls watch Westside wind window y'all yard Yeah Yukon Jack Zadnek