Tanner, a white southern man, takes pride in the fact that he gets along with black people, including his best friend. But after he moves to New York his attempt to befriend a black neighbor there is not well received. He falls ill and makes his daughter promise to bury him back in Georgia.
First published in the collection Everything That Rises Must Converge (1965).
The copyright is assigned to the author in 1956 and several times later.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 |
|
The Cold Embrace and Other Stories | Corgi | Anthology | 124 |
| June 1967 |
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Everything That Rises Must Converge | Signet / New American Library | Collection | 207 |
| 1972 |
|
The Other Sides of Reality: Myths, Visions, and Fantasies | Boyd & Fraser | Anthology | 299 |
| 1982 |
|
Van lichtelijk luguber tot meedogenloos macaber | Loeb | Anthology | 217 |
| October 1984 |
|
Witches' Brew: Horror and Supernatural Stories by Women | Macmillan | Anthology | 184 |