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The Autobiography Of Leroi Jones
The Autobiography Of Leroi Jones Amiri Baraka 9780881910223 Nonfiction Lawrence Hill Books Lawrence Hill Books The complete autobiography of a literary legend. Poet, dramatist, nov...
Standing at the Scratch Line
Standing at the Scratch Line Guy Johnson Excerpt LeRoi picked up the rifle that was leaning against a root with its stock in the water. He checked the barrel carefully for obstructions, then mounted ...
Amiri Baraka
Amiri Baraka 0000000446460520 Amiri Baraka, also known as LeRoi Jones, was a prolific 20th-century African American writer, poet, and Obie-winning playwright. Known for works such as “Blues People” a...
Gayl Jones
Gayl Jones 0000000109336115 “Gayl Jones is an exceptionally talented writer.” —Robert Fleming Gayl Jones was born on November 23, 1949, in Lexington, Kentucky. Her father Franklin J...
The LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka Reader
The LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka Reader Amiri Baraka 9781560252382 Poetry Basic Books Perseus Books Amiri Baraka - dramatist, poet, essayist, orator, and fiction writer - is one of the preeminent African-...
Kim Jones
Kim Jones 0000000385386573 Kimberly Jones, an educator at Lawton Public Schools since 1998, is committed to community improvement. She has initiated numerous programs including “The Colors of Life,” ...
Timothy B. Francis, Lisa Jones Johnson, Walter C. Jones, and Lisa Fairchild
Timothy B. Francis, Lisa Jones Johnson, Walter C. Jones, and Lisa Fairchild MULTIPLE Authors Timothy B. Francis, Lisa Jones Johnson, Walter C. Jones, and Lisa Fairchild are recognized for their indiv...
Solomon Jones
Solomon Jones NONE Solomon Jones is a bestselling author, award-winning journalist, and community advocate who overcame adversity to succeed. He began his career writing articles while living in a sh...
Left of Karl Marx: The Political Life of Black Communist Claudia Jones
Left of Karl Marx: The Political Life of Black Communist Claudia Jones Carole Boyce-Davies 9780822341161 Nonfiction Duke University Press Books Duke University Press Books In Left of Karl Marx, Carole...
Patricia Spears Jones
Patricia Spears Jones 0000000031494569 Patricia Spears Jones, born in Arkansas, is the 2024 New York State Poet Laureate, a Jackson Poetry Prize laureate, and a cultural activist. An esteemed poet, p...
Van Jones
Van Jones 0000000120304157 Van Jones, a Yale-educated attorney, is a best-selling author, environmental activist, and White House policy advisor. Known as a social entrepreneur, CNN political contrib...
Leslie Jones
Leslie Jones 0000000447812524 Leslie Jones, born in 1967, is an award-nominated actress known for her work on Saturday Night Live and HBO Max series Our Flag Means Death. She's been recognized as one...
Clarence B. Jones
Clarence B. Jones 0000000036182118 AALBC mourns the passing of Clarence B. Jones Dr. Clarence Benjamin Jones (January 8, 1931 – May 22, 2026) the lawyer who served as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s pe...
Q: The Autobio of Quincy Jones
Q: The Autobio of Quincy Jones Paige Turner Book Review The new book, Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones reads almost like a fable or a fairy tale. The young Quincy Jones, with his twinkly eyes, wa...
Terry Wells-Jones
Terry Wells-Jones NONE Terry Wells-Jones, a graduate from the University of Wisconsin, is a retired businesswoman and one of the first Black models of the 1960s. She broke barriers as the first woman...
Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones
Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones Quincy Jones 9780385488969 Nonfiction Doubleday Penguin Random House Musician, composer, producer, arranger, and pioneering entrepreneur Quincy Jones has lived lar...
VIDEO: Amiri Baraka: Evolution of a Revolutionary Poet
VIDEO: Amiri Baraka: Evolution of a Revolutionary Poet Troy Johnson Article Amiri Baraka: Evolution of a Revolutionary PoetExhibit at Zambezi Bazaar in conjunction with the Leimert Park Book Fair.Ami...
Amiri Baraka: Evolution of a Revolutionary Poet
Amiri Baraka: Evolution of a Revolutionary Poet Poetry & Spoken Word AALBC.com mourns the loss of Amiri Baraka (https://aalbc.com/authors/author.php?author_name=Amiri+Baraka) Nov 9, 2014). More on the...
Transbluesency: The Selected Poetry of Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones)
Transbluesency: The Selected Poetry of Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones) Amiri Baraka 9781568860138 Poetry Marsilio Publishers Marsilio Publishers The poems selected here span from Baraka’s first collection,...
Autobiography Of The Lower East Side
Autobiography Of The Lower East Side Rashidah Ismaili 9781937997397 Nonfiction Northampton House Press Northampton House Press “This well established poet makes a brilliant debut in fiction with these...
Angela Davis (paperback): An Autobiography
Angela Davis (paperback): An Autobiography Angela Y. Davis 9781642598988 Nonfiction Haymarket Books Haymarket Books This beautiful new edition of Angela Davis’s classic Autobiography features an expan...
Angela Davis: An Autobiography
Angela Davis: An Autobiography Angela Y. Davis 9781642595680 Nonfiction Haymarket Books Haymarket Books This beautiful new edition of Angela Davis’s classic Autobiography features an expansive new int...
Adam by Adam: The Autobiography of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
Adam by Adam: The Autobiography of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Thumper Book Review ’Never let anyone keep you contained and never let anyone keep your voice silent.’ -Adam Clayton Powell, ...
The Birdcatcher
The Birdcatcher Gayl Jones 9780807029947 Fiction Beacon Press Beacon Press Publishers Weekly Top 10 BEST BOOKS OF 2022 “Gayl Jones’s work represents a watershed in American literature.” —Imani Per...
The Culinary Art Portfolio of Josephine E. Jones
The Culinary Art Portfolio of Josephine E. Jones Wendy Jones 9781946348036 Nonfiction Ida Bell Publishing Ida Bell Publishing There is no one movie, song, or book that will make these troubled times d...
How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir
How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir Saeed Jones 9781501132742 Nonfiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. >From award-winning poet Saeed Jones, How We Fight for Our Lives is a stunning coming-...
EyeMinded: Living and Writing Contemporary Art
EyeMinded: Living and Writing Contemporary Art Kellie Jones 9780822348733 Nonfiction Duke University Press Books Duke University Press Books A daughter of the poets Hettie Jones and Amiri Baraka, Kell...
Keeping Up With The Jones
Keeping Up With The Jones Solomon Jones 9780975521908 Fiction Sola Productions, Inc. Sola Productions, Inc. Bernie Mac meets Dave Barry in Keeping Up With The Jones — a humorous look at marriage, fami...
Gregory S. Jones
Gregory S. Jones NONE Gregory S. Jones, co-founder of “The Paper Tiger” and co-author of “The Root Of All Evil,” plans to educate African-American communities about nationality and advocate for repar...
Saeed Jones
Saeed Jones 0000000365991477 Saeed Jones, award-winning author of 'Prelude to Bruise', is known for his work at BuzzFeed as an LGBT and Culture editor, as well as co-host of AM to DM. Born in Memphis...
Fearless Jones
Fearless Jones Thumper Book Review After 5 years, Walter Mosley has returned to the mystery scene with a new pair of crime solvers for his novel Fearless Jones. It’s as if Mosley had never said...
Actress Tamala Jones The “Castle” Interview
Actress Tamala Jones The “Castle” Interview Kam Williams Interview Tamala Jones The “Castle” Interview Tamala Jones has created a varied career based on her prodigious talent, working steadily...
Reflections! (paperback): Looking in the Mirror
Reflections! (paperback): Looking in the Mirror Terry Wells-Jones 9781639374526 Nonfiction Dorrance Publishing Dorrance Publishing “This was the first time the newspaper had featured a Black (Negr...
Reflections!: Looking in the Mirror
Reflections!: Looking in the Mirror Terry Wells-Jones 9781639374243 Nonfiction Dorrance Publishing Dorrance Publishing “This was the first time the newspaper had featured a Black (Negro) model and...
Alive at the End of the World
Alive at the End of the World Saeed Jones 9781566896511 Poetry Coffee House Press Coffee House Press Pierced by grief and charged with history, this new poetry collection from the award-winning author...
God in the Ghetto: A Prophetic Word Revisited
God in the Ghetto: A Prophetic Word Revisited William Augustus Jones Jr. 9780817018221 Nonfiction Judson Press Judson Press At long last, the reissue of the classic book, God in the Ghetto by the late...
Beyond the Messy Truth: How We Came Apart, How We Come Together
Beyond the Messy Truth: How We Came Apart, How We Come Together Van Jones 9780399180026 Nonfiction Ballantine Books Penguin Random House A passionate manifesto that exposes hypocrisy on both sides of ...
Gayl Jones: The Language Of Voice And Freedom In Her Writings
Gayl Jones: The Language Of Voice And Freedom In Her Writings Casey Clabough 9780786433797 Nonfiction McFarland McFarland Gayl Jones is dedicated to the art of "verbal authenticity," stemming from her...
Fish Tales (1984)
Fish Tales (1984) Nettie Jones 9780394532943 Fiction Random House Penguin Random House A new version was published in 2025“Mostly forgotten and long out-of-print, Fish Tales by Nettie Jones is an ofte...
Stephen Mack Jones
Stephen Mack Jones 000000050165955X Stephen Mack Jones is an acclaimed poet, playwright, and recipient of the Kresge Arts in Detroit Literary Fellowship. After years in advertising, Jones now resides...
Patrick Williams with Angie Ransome-Jones
Patrick Williams with Angie Ransome-Jones MULTIPLE Authors Patrick Williams and Angie Ransome-Jones are renowned writers; Williams known for his thought-provoking narratives and Ransome-Jones for her...
Tamiya Davis with Angie Ransome-Jones
Tamiya Davis with Angie Ransome-Jones MULTIPLE Authors Tamiya Davis and Angie Ransome-Jones are prominent writers. The image showcases them with Elizabeth Savage. Tamiya Davis and Angie Ransome-J...
Elizabeth Savage with Angie Ransome-Jones
Elizabeth Savage with Angie Ransome-Jones MULTIPLE Elizabeth Savage and Angie Ransome-Jones are notable authors. The photo features them along with Tamiya Davis, highlighting their collaborative effo...
Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renée Watson
Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renée Watson MULTIPLE Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renée Watson are award-winning authors known for their impactful works. Hannah-Jones, a Pulitzer-winning journalist, is renowned ...
Edward P. Jones
Edward P. Jones 0000000109223233 Edward P. Jones, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, was born and raised in Washington, D.C. and educated at Holy Cross College and the University of Virginia. Known for h...
Kellie Jones
Kellie Jones 0000000076890717 Kellie Jones is an Associate Professor at Columbia University specializing in African American and African Diaspora artists, Latinx and Latin American Artists, and conte...
William Augustus Jones Jr.
William Augustus Jones Jr. 0000000021740789 William A. Jones Jr. (1934-2006) was a distinguished African-American minister and civil rights leader. An alumnus of the University of Kentucky and Crozer...
Erika Lynne Jones
Erika Lynne Jones NONE Erika Lynne Jones, a children's book author and illustrator, uses her work to celebrate culture and affirm children's worth. Known for “The Loud Librarian” and based in Dallas,...
Van Jones - The "Carbon Nation" Interview
Van Jones - The "Carbon Nation" Interview Kam Williams Interview Former Obama Green Czar Opines on the State of the "Carbon Nation" Anthony "Van" Jones and his twin sister, Angela, were born...
Uncle Tom’s Story of His Life: An Autobiography of the Reverend Josiah Henson
Uncle Tom’s Story of His Life: An Autobiography of the Reverend Josiah Henson Josiah Henson 9780807869611 Nonfiction University of North Carolina Press University of North Carolina Press This 1876 ver...
Standing at the Scratch Line
Standing at the Scratch Line Guy Johnson 9780375501586 Fiction Random House Penguin Random House Raised in the steamy bayous of New Orleans in the early 1900s, LeRoi "King" Tremain, caught u...
Fish Tales: A Novel
Fish Tales: A Novel Nettie Jones 9780374608804 Fiction Farrar, Straus and Giroux Macmillan Publishers “Fish Tales is wondrous and outrageous, real and incandescent and alive. A novel unlike any other,...
Last of the Lions: An African American Journey in Memoir
Last of the Lions: An African American Journey in Memoir Clarence B. Jones and Stuart Connelly 9781952485930 Nonfiction Redhawk Publications Redhawk Publications Last of the Lions is two histories wov...
Song for Almeyda and Song for Anninho
Song for Almeyda and Song for Anninho Gayl Jones 9780807029909 Poetry Beacon Press Beacon Press From the highly acclaimed author of Corregidora and The Healing—two epic poems, the love songs of fugiti...
How We Can Win: Race, History and Changing the Money Game That’s Rigged
How We Can Win: Race, History and Changing the Money Game That’s Rigged Kimberly Jones 9781250805126 Nonfiction Henry Holt & Company Macmillan Publishers A breakdown of the economic and social injusti...
Palmares
Palmares Gayl Jones 9780807033494 Fiction Beacon Press Beacon Press The epic rendering of a Black woman’s journey through slavery and liberation, set in 17th-century colonial Brazil; the return of a m...
An Extraordinary Life: Josephine E. Jones
An Extraordinary Life: Josephine E. Jones Wendy Jones 9781946348029 Nonfiction Ida Bell Publishing Ida Bell Publishing This is the biography of my mother, a South Carolina sharecropper’s daughter, b...
South of Pico: African American Artists in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s
South of Pico: African American Artists in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s Kellie Jones 9780822361640 Nonfiction Duke University Press Books Duke University Press Books Named a Best Art Book of 201...
Prelude to Bruise
Prelude to Bruise Saeed Jones 9781566893749 Poetry Coffee House Press Coffee House Press Praise for Saeed Jones: "Jones is the kind of writer who’s more than wanted: he’s desperately needed."—FlavorW...
Story/Time: The Life Of An Idea (The Toni Morrison Lecture Series)
Story/Time: The Life Of An Idea (The Toni Morrison Lecture Series) Bill T. Jones 9780691162706 Nonfiction Princeton University Press Princeton University Press In this ceaselessly questioning book...
Princess Cupcake Jones and the Missing Tutu (Princess Cupcake Jones Series)
Princess Cupcake Jones and the Missing Tutu (Princess Cupcake Jones Series) Ylleya Fields 9780578113036 Fiction Belle Publishing LLC Belle Publishing LLC Princess Cupcake Jones loves creating a mess a...
Michael Jackson: The Man behind the Mask
Michael Jackson: The Man behind the Mask Bob Jones and Stacy M. Brown 9781590790724 Nonfiction Select Books (NY) Select Books (NY) ’Michael Jackson: The Man behind the Mask’ is the INSIDE STORY of the...
The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems
The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems Van Jones 9780061650765 Nonfiction HarperOne HarperCollins “Steadily—by redefining green—Jones is making sure that our plane...
Michael Jackson: The Man Behind the Mask: An Insider’s Story of the King of Pop
Michael Jackson: The Man Behind the Mask: An Insider’s Story of the King of Pop Bob Jones 9781590792032 Nonfiction Select Books Select Books ’Michael Jackson: The Man behind the Mask’ is the INSIDE ST...
All Bound Up Together: The Woman Question in African American Public Culture, 1830-1900
All Bound Up Together: The Woman Question in African American Public Culture, 1830-1900 Martha S. Jones 9780807858455 Nonfiction University of North Carolina Press University of North Carolina Press ...
All Aunt Hagar’s Children: Stories
All Aunt Hagar’s Children: Stories Edward P. Jones 9780060557577 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins Three years after the publication of his much-heralded, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Known World, Ed...
Gibran Tariq and Gregory S. Jones
Gibran Tariq and Gregory S. Jones MULTIPLE Gibran Tariq and Gregory S. Jones are renowned authors known for their compelling narrative style and insightful storytelling. Their works span various genr...
Kenneth Parker and Van Jones
Kenneth Parker and Van Jones MULTIPLE Kenneth Parker and Van Jones are renowned authors known for their insightful works. Their rich literary contributions span various genres, captivating a broad ...
Reynaldo Anderson and Charles E. Jones
Reynaldo Anderson and Charles E. Jones MULTIPLE Reynaldo Anderson and Charles E. Jones are accomplished authors, known for their significant contributions to literature. Reynaldo Anderson and Cha...
Gilly Segal and Kimberly Jones
Gilly Segal and Kimberly Jones MULTIPLE Gilly Segal and Kimberly Jones are renowned authors, known for their collaborative and individual works in literature. Gilly Segal and Kimberly Jones (left)
Karin L. Stanford and Charles E. Jones
Karin L. Stanford and Charles E. Jones MULTIPLE Karin L. Stanford and Charles E. Jones are renowned authors recognized for their profound contributions to literature.
Rochelle Riley, and Cristi Smith-Jones
Rochelle Riley, and Cristi Smith-Jones MULTIPLE Rochelle Riley and Cristi Smith-Jones are accomplished authors known for their insightful and impactful works. Their narratives often explore societal ...
Florence L. Tate and Jake-Ann Jones
Florence L. Tate and Jake-Ann Jones MULTIPLE Florence Louise Tate & Jake-Ann Jones are accomplished authors, known for their insightful and engaging literary works. Their stories are imbued with dive...
Nikole Hannah-Jones and Oprah Winfrey
Nikole Hannah-Jones and Oprah Winfrey MULTIPLE Oprah Winfrey is a renowned media executive, actress, talk show host, and philanthropist. Nikole Hannah-Jones is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and...
Karoline Bethea-Jones
Karoline Bethea-Jones NONE Karoline Bethea-Jones, a passionate writer for over 25 years, expresses human emotions through her characters. She started with poetry and fiction, published her first nove...
Lisa Jones Johnson
Lisa Jones Johnson NONE Lisa Jones Johnson is a Harvard-educated attorney, author, and CEO of NextGen Media Group. She launched a global social media platform and authored the award-nominated novel, ...
Mia E. Bay, Farah Jasmine Griffin, Martha S. Jones, and Barbara D. Savage
Mia E. Bay, Farah Jasmine Griffin, Martha S. Jones, and Barbara D. Savage MULTIPLE Mia E. Bay, Farah J. Griffin, Martha S. Jones, and Barbara D. Savage are renowned authors with significant contribut...
Nettie Jones
Nettie Jones NONE Nettie Jones is an acclaimed author known for her captivating narratives. (Photo credit goes to Marcia Wilson of Wide Vision Photography). Nettie Jones (born 1941) is the author of ...
Brenda Jones and Krishan Trotman
Brenda Jones and Krishan Trotman MULTIPLE Brenda Jones, renowned for her 15-year role as communications director for Rep. John Lewis and co-author of an NAACP award-winning book, has vast experience ...
Robert Jones, Jr.
Robert Jones, Jr. MULTIPLE Robert Jones, Jr. is a New York-born author with a BFA and MFA from Brooklyn College. He's written for The New York Times and other publications, created the social justice...
Cherie Jones
Cherie Jones NONE Cherie S.A. Jones, born in 1974, is a decorated Barbadian author and lawyer. She earned her LL.B degree in 1995 and was admitted to the Barbados Bar in 1997. Known for her award-win...
Jackie Jones
Jackie Jones NONE Dr. Jackie Jones Dr. Jackie Jones, also known by her pseudonym Harriet Berrien is an African American writer inspired by Black history. She was born on July 30, 1951, in Augusta, Ge...
An Extraordinary Life: Josephine E. Jones
An Extraordinary Life: Josephine E. Jones Brenda M. Greene Book Review Wendy Jones has written a tribute to her late mother Josephine E. Jones. Her mother was part of the Great Migration, depicted so...
The Culinary Art Portfolio of Josephine E. Jones
The Culinary Art Portfolio of Josephine E. Jones Carol Taylor Book Review The Culinary Art Portfolio is neither a cookbook nor a how-to-book. It’s a portfolio, with ready- to-frame prints of th...
Ghana: The Autobiography of Kwame Nkrumah
Ghana: The Autobiography of Kwame Nkrumah Kwame Nkrumah 9781635619126 Nonfiction Echo Point Books & Media Echo Point Books & Media “No race, no people, no nation can exist freely and be respected at h...
In the Blink of an Eye: An Autobiography
In the Blink of an Eye: An Autobiography Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf with Nick Chiles 9781595911209 Nonfiction Kaepernick Publishing Scholastic Inc. Written with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nick Chiles, ...
An Autobiography of the Autobiography of Reading
An Autobiography of the Autobiography of Reading Dionne Brand 9781772125085 Fiction University of Alberta Press University of Alberta Press "The geopolitics of empire had already prepared me for this…...
Reaching for the Moon: The Autobiography of NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson
Reaching for the Moon: The Autobiography of NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson Katherine Johnson 9781534440838 Nonfiction Atheneum Books for Young Readers Simon & Schuster, Inc. A Kirkus Reviews Bes...
The Autobiography of Gucci Mane
The Autobiography of Gucci Mane Gucci Mane 9781501165344 Nonfiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. The New York Times bestselling memoir from the legendary Gucci Mane spares no detail in this...
The Autobiography of an American Ghetto Boy - The 1950’s and 1960’s
The Autobiography of an American Ghetto Boy - The 1950’s and 1960’s Tony Rose 9781937269524 Nonfiction Amber Communications Group Amber Communications Group An alternately poignant and powerful autobi...
Diary of a Lost Girl: The Autobiography of Kola Boof
Diary of a Lost Girl: The Autobiography of Kola Boof Kola Boof 9780971201989 Nonfiction Door of Kush Door of Kush PLEASE ORDER AMAZON.COM’s 2007 "UNCUT" American edition of this book from Seaburn Boo...
The Autobiography of God: A Novel
The Autobiography of God: A Novel Julius Lester 9780312348489 Nonfiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers Rebecca Nachman is a Rabbi without a synagogue. Having resigned from her dwindling co...
Assata: An Autobiography
Assata: An Autobiography Assata Shakur 9781556520747 Nonfiction Lawrence Hill Books Lawrence Hill Books On May 2, 1973, Black Panther Assata Shakur (aka JoAnne Chesimard) lay in a hospital, close to d...
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man James Weldon Johnson 9780486285122 Nonfiction Dover Publications Dover Publications One of the most prominent African-Americans of his time, James Weldon Johnson...
Miles: The Autobiography
Miles: The Autobiography Miles Davis and Quincy Troupe 9780671725822 Nonfiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. For more than forty years Miles Davis has been in the front rank of American mus...
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass 0000000121171288 “Without Struggle… There Is No Progress!” —Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), born into slavery, was an influential abolit...
Adam by Adam
Adam by Adam Thumper Book Review ’Never let anyone keep you contained and never let anyone keep your voice silent.’ -Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. to a young Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. If I were...
Home: Social Essays (Renegade Reprint Series)
Home: Social Essays (Renegade Reprint Series) Amiri Baraka 9781933354675 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books Jones/Baraka usually speaks as a Negroand always as an American. He is eloquent, he is bo...
Larry Neal and Amiri Baraka
Larry Neal and Amiri Baraka MULTIPLE Explore the life and works of Larry Neal and Amiri Baraka, influential figures in the 1967 Newark literary scene. Learn more about Larry Neal Learn more about Ami...
The Trouble of Color: An American Family Memoir
The Trouble of Color: An American Family Memoir Martha S. Jones 9781541601000 Nonfiction Basic Books Perseus Books An “intimate and searching” (Natasha Trethewey, New York Times–bestselling author of ...