Sign-In
Cart
The Record That Woke
Paperback
General FictionLiterary Fiction
Publisher Price: $29.99
Publisher: Koger and Koger Literary Works
Published: Apr 15 2026
Pages: 364
Weight: 1.07
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Record That Woke is a rare literary achievement - a work conceived in the margins of American life and written during a period of profound homelessness and indigency, yet shaped with the precision, emotional intelligence, and moral clarity of a writer determined to bear witness. This expanded paperback edition presents the full creative architecture of the project: the Pulitzer-caliber novel, the theatrical stage play, and the cinematic screenplay adaptation, collected together for the first time in a single volume.
At its center is a story that refuses silence. Moving between the intimate and the systemic, the personal and the political, The Record That Woke traces the lived realities of Black Pittsburgh across decades of disinvestment, erasure, and unkept civic promises. It is a narrative built from the ground level - from shelters, libraries, sidewalks, and the fragile spaces where survival becomes its own form of authorship. The novel's voice is unflinching yet deeply humane, illuminating the quiet devastations and unexpected solidarities that shape a community fighting to be seen.
The accompanying stage play distills the story's emotional core into a stark, urgent theatrical experience, while the screenplay expands the narrative into a sweeping cinematic arc, revealing the full dramatic and political dimensions of the work. Together, these three forms create a triptych of storytelling that is both structurally ambitious and historically resonant.
Written under circumstances that would have silenced most, The Record That Woke stands as a testament to artistic endurance - a document of what it means to create while displaced, to write while unseen, and to insist on narrative sovereignty when the world offers none. This edition is not merely a book; it is a record of survival, a cultural ledger, and a call to conscience.
Also in
General Fiction
Elizabeth Spencer: Novels & Stories (Loa #344): The Voice at the Back Door / The Light in the Piazza / Knights and Dragons / Stories
Spencer, Elizabeth
Hardcover
Anniversaries, Volume 2: From a Year in the Life of Gesine Cresspahl, April 1968-August 1968
Johnson, Uwe
Paperback
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams: Short Stories, Prose, and Diary Excerpts
Plath, Sylvia
Paperback
Selected Writings: Robert Musil: Young Torless, Three Women, the Perfecting of a Love, and Other Writings
Agee, Joel
Musil, Robert
Paperback
Before Gatsby: The First Twenty-Six Stories
Baughman, Judith
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Bruccoli, Matthew J.
Paperback