The Battle of Danziger Bridge

By Amos Jasper Wright IV

The Battle of Danziger Bridge presents a collection of interlocking stories set in contemporary New Orleans dealing with dilemmas and questions of local and national urgency. The collection deploys a mix of male and female, black and white narrative voices in humor and pathos, some of whom narrate multiple stories or reappear as characters in other stories, creating a cacophonous effect of conflicting perspectives and values. This overlapping action and character give the collection the cohesiveness of a novel. The Battle explores themes of police brutality, post-Katrina redevelopment, the 2016 presidential election, gender relations, trauma, sports superstitions, the legacy of institutional racism, environmental catastrophe, and the alienating effects of technology-all themes relevant to the country's current cultural climate.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1604894253
• ISBN13: 9781604894257
• Release Date: April 2026
• Publisher: Livingston Press at the University of West Al
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"