Dust Be the Serpent's Meat

About the Book

Set in a small town near the Gulf of Mexico, this novel is both social commentary on the lives of Black folk, as well as examination of the lives of five Black boys during the summer of 1954. The adult Black folk in Riverville are keenly aware of family histories which have developed under segregation, but which are inter-related to the white community. The diversity, resilience, and faults of these characters do not hinder their progress towards equality.

About the Author

Carver Waters is from Lake Charles, Louisiana. He attended W.O. Boston High School. He has a Ph.D. and teaches African American Literature at Savannah State University. He has written poems, Spherical Rainbows, and Voice in the Slave Narratives of Olaudah Equiano, Frederick Douglass, and Solomon Northrup.