Literary Fiction

Let Us Descend Jesmyn Ward

LET US DESCEND is Jesmyn Ward's most magnificnet novel - and that's high praise. The prose is both beautiful and heart-wrenching as the spirit of an African warrior leads her grandaughter through an unimaginable journey.

 

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Secessia Kent Wascom

SECESSIA is a tale of greed, slavery and intrigue set in 1862 New Orleans, when the largest city in the confederacy is governed the Union's notorious General Benjamin "The Beast" Butler.

 

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The New Inheritors Kent Wascom

THE NEW INHERITORS is the story of a young artist and a well-heeled heiress during World War I in New Orleans, whose family strife and the tumult in the world around them threaten to tear them apart.  This title has been selected as a Booksmith Timeless Classic, meaning it is among the best of the best for the...

As Good As Gone Larry Watson

AS GOOD AS GONE gives readers a wide angled look at an absent father and grandfather who is asked to babysit in an emergency by his estranged son. He reluctantly accepts, and although he is loaded with pride and decency, he lives by a firm code that sometimes harms those he loves. The book is both tough and tender, and...

The Nickel Boys Colson Whitehead

THE NICKEL BOYS revolves around two young men sentenced to a juvenile reformatory in 1960s Jim Crow Florida where they and the other residents are subject to the cruel abuse of the staff, both physically and sexually. One, Elwood Curtis, keeps the words of Martin Luther King Jr. in his mind and heart, trying to live Dr...

Crook Manifesto Colson Whitehead

CROOK MANIFESTO looks at 1970s New York in all its seedy glory. It is a darkly funny tale of a city under siege.

 

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Good Dirt Charmaine Wilkerson

GOOD DIRT is a multigenerational epic surrounding the loss of  family heirloom with a secret history. A wealthy Black New England family attempts to avoid the spotlight when their mysterious treasure is tragically lost.

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Our Woman in Moscow Beatriz Williams

OUR WOMAN IN MOSCOW is a powerful, historically accurate story of espionage and family devotion in the Cold War. The mysterious 1948 disappearance of an American family living in London shocks the world. Were they eliminated by the Soviet intelligence service or did they defect with vital secrets?

 

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Baby, You're Gonna Be Mine Kevin Wilson

BABY, YOU'RE GONNA BE MINE is a collection of short stories ranging from laugh out loud funny to thoughtfully somber, but all share Wilson's charismatic flair and his affinity for the quirky. Included is the tale of a magic razor that can give the power of time travel, another about a famous rock star forced to move...

Now Is Not the Time to Panic Kevin Wilson

NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO PANIC is populated by two teen-age misfits who explore love, identity, and the power of art. This bold, coming-of-age story is written with Kevin Wilson's trademark wit and genius prose.

 

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