Short stories by Carolyn Ferrell
Carolyn Ferrell (1962 Brooklyn, New York) is an American short story writer.
She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College, and City College of New York with an MA. She has lived, worked, and studied in West Berlin, Manhattan, and the South Bronx. She is married to and has children with psychology professor Linwood Lewis. Her work has appeared in The Literary Review, Callaloo, Fiction, and Sojourner: The Women’s Forum. She teaches writing at Sarah Lawrence College.
Listing 3 stories.
When a mixed-race Black woman attends her family reunion in North Carolina, she is unsure how to reveal to her family that her father has died and left her all his land.
Living in the Bronx, a gay Black high schooler grows determined to master the vocabulary words his mother forces him to learn. He balances academics with home life, bullying, and a love interest.
Guilt catches up to the wife of an abusive but talented black comedian fifty-four years into their marriage, causing her to reevaluate her devotion during his 2010 comeback show in Los Angeles.