William Demby

William Demby (1922-2013) was author of The Catacombs and Love Story Black. He lived in Sag Harbor, New York, until his death.

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Beetlecreek

Beetlecreek

By William Demby; Afterword by James C. Hall

University Press of Mississippi

A novel in which there is candid treatment of desperate isolation in a small town’s black quarter

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