A review by kliz83
Brothers and Keepers: A Memoir by John Edgar Wideman

2.0

I read this book for a class on race narratives and the legal system. I liked the part of the book that talks about the relationship between the two brothers, but I disliked the parts where the author is openly sexist. If you do read this, make sure you contextualize it by googling the author. Further narratives of his family shed more light on his comments in this books about the difference between himself, a college professor, and his brother, a prisoner on death row.