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New Literature Titles from Penguin Random House
By Allan Spencer | February 12 2024 | Literature
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Native American Fiction
- English > Literature > American Literature – 21st Century
- English > Literature > American Literature – Native American and Indigenous
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Native American and Indigenous Literature and Drama
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- English > Comparative Literature > Literature by Women
- English > Comparative Literature > Women in Literature
- English > Comparative Literature: American > African American Fiction
- English > Literature > American Literature – African American
- English > Literature > Women and Literature
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > African American Literature
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Gayl Jones has been described as one of the great literary writers of the 20th century and was recently a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. This collection of short fiction was her third book, originally edited and published by Toni Morrison in 1977, and is now reissued.
A searing and tender novel about a young Black journalist’s search for answers in the unsolved murder of her great-grandfather in segregated Birmingham, Alabama, decades ago—inspired by the author’s own family history.
- English > Comparative Literature > Women in Literature
- English > Comparative Literature: Asian > India and South Asia
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Asian Literature and Drama
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Asian Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > India Studies
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- English > Comparative Literature > Literature by Women
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Asian American Fiction
- English > Literature > American Literature – 21st Century
- English > Literature > American Literature – Asian American
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Asian Studies
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