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The American Daughters

By Maurice Carlos Ruffin - Published 2024

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Enslaved on John du Marche’s plantation in the years before the Civil War, Ady and her mother, Sanite, survive inhumane treatment through ...Read Review

Woman of Light

By Kali Fajardo-Anstine - Published 2022

Genres:

Literary Western

In her first novel, Fajardo-Anstine weaves a sparkling constellation of stories around her heroine, Luz Lopez, an Indigenous Chicano teenager with a rich ...Read Review

The Water Dancer

By Ta-Nehisi Coates - Published 2019

Genres:

Literary

Oprah Winfrey selected this lyrical, imaginative novel for her Book Club’s revival, and it is an impressive work in the vein of ...Read Review

Confessions of the Fox

By Jordy Rosenberg - Published 2018

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Literary

Confessions of the Fox is ostensibly set in 1713-1724, following Jack Sheppard, thief and lover extraordinaire. But, is it? Jack Sheppard is a ...Read Review