Table of Contents
IntroductionPart I: The Old School
“A Council of State” by Paul Laurence Dunbar (R Street, NW 1900)
“Avey” by Jean Toomer (Potomac River 1923)
“Trouble with the Angels” by Langston Hughes (National Theatre 1935)
“The Man Who Killed a Shadow” by Richard Wright (National Cathedral 1946)
Part II: Burning Down the House
“The Last Days of Duncan Street” by Julian Mayfield (Kingman Park 1960)
“Washington” by Julian Mazor (Shaw 1963)
“Cast a Yellow Shadow” (excerpt) by Ross Thomas (Downtown 1967)
“Reflecting” by Rhozier “Roach” Brown (Lorton, VA 1969)
“Nora” by Ward Just (Connecticut Avenue 1971)
“Our Bright Tomorrows” by Larry Neal (Georgia Avenue 1973)
Part III: The Shadows of Federal City
“Kiss the Sky” by James Grady (Lorton, VA 1996)
“The Dead Their Eyes Implore Us” by George Pelecanos (Chinatown 2002)
“A Rich Man” by Edward P. Jones (Claridge Towers 2003)
“Wonderwall” by Elizabeth Hand (Hyattsville, MD 2004)
“Christmas in Dodge City” by Benjamin M. Schutz (6th and O Streets, NW 2005)
“After” (excerpt) by Marita Golden (Woodmore, MD 2006)