No Crystal Stair

No Crystal Stair
AuthorMairuth Sarsfield
GenreHistorical fiction
Set in1940s Little Burgundy
Publication date
1997
ISBN1-896867-02-2
For the poem with this line, see Mother to Son. For the documentary novel, see Lewis H. Michaux.

No Crystal Stair is a 1997 novel by Canadian author Mairuth Sarsfield.[1][2] It is a coming-of-age story set in the Little Burgundy district of Montreal during the 1940s.

The title is a reference to the line "Life for me ain't been no crystal stair" in Langston Hughes's poem "Mother to Son".

  1. ^ "Why The Bridge host Nantali Indongo loved No Crystal Stair by Mairuth Sarsfield". CBC News. February 12, 2018. Archived from the original on October 7, 2024. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  2. ^ Patrick, Ryan B. (February 2, 2018). "14 must-read works of fiction by Black Canadian authors". CBC News. Retrieved April 23, 2020.