A Slice of Life

Short story collection by Thom Gossom, Jr., actor and author. His memoir, WalkOn: My Reluctant Journey to Integration at Auburn University, is his story as the first African-American athlete to graduate from Auburn. A Slice of Life mirrors the first season of life, reflected in a newly integrated Alabama of the 1960s and 70s. Tommy will miss the big game if he doesn't eat those dang "Cold Hard Grits." A football dynasty permanently penalizes a father and a son in "Crimson Tide," and a dimwitted army veteran has war flashbacks in "Everybody's Crazy."