THE COLOR OF LIGHTNING
In 1863, as the War Between the States creeps inevitably toward its bloody conclusion, former Kentucky slave Britt Johnson ventures west into unknown territory with his wife, Mary, and their…
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YOU WERE WRONG
It is 2008 in the suburban town of Seacrest, Long Island. Twenty-six-year-old high school math teacher Karl Floor has no parents, no friends, few prospects, is a dim bulb, and…
WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT
This is a book about a brother and a sister. It’s a book about secrets and starting over, friendship and family, triumph and tragedy, and everything in between. More than…
THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF NATHANIEL P.
National Bestseller Named a best book of the year by The New Yorker, NPR, Slate, The Economist, The New Republic, Bookforum, Baltimore City Paper, The Daily Beast, National Journal, San…
THE SECOND MRS. HOCKADAY
Shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize When Major Gryffth Hockaday is called to the front lines of the Civil War, his new bride is left to care…
ZORA AND ME: THE CURSED GROUND
A powerful fictionalized account of Zora Neale Hurston’s childhood adventures explores the idea of collective memory and the lingering effects of slavery. “History ain’t in a book, especially when it…