Fin del mundo

Frank Yerby was born in Augusta, Georgia, the son of a mixed-race marriage (his father was African American and his mother was caucasian). In 1937 he obtained a B.A. in English at Paine College and in 1938 he got an M.A. in English at Fisk University. After university, he taught English at Florida A. & M. College (now Florida A. & M. University) in Tallahassee, Florida for one term and then moved to Southern University in Baton Rouge, LA, where he taught for another year. He disliked teaching an...

Gene Andrew Jarrett is the author of A Long Way from Home, a novel that explores themes of identity and belonging. He writes fiction that often touches on the experiences of those navigating new environments.