"From brilliant new voices to seasoned icons, many of the past year's breakout works are by Black authors. In June, Great Black Hope, a coming-of-age story reckoning with privilege and belonging, made first-time author Rob Franklin a household name. And in July, Stephanie Wambugu's gorgeous debut novel Lonely Crowds, which explores the intimacy and frustration in the relationship between two lifelong friends, climbed bestseller lists."
"Now, more than a decade after her final novel, God Help the Child, readers can return to Morrison through a newly published collection of her Princeton lectures. It examines the portrayal of Black characters in the American literary canon and connects fiction with the construction of American racial identities. Through Morrison's lens as both a writer and teacher, readers are invited to reconsider the power of language itself and how true liberation requires the dismantling of structures embedded within it."
Many notable recent books are by Black creators, ranging from acclaimed debuts to returns by established figures. Rob Franklin's Great Black Hope is a coming-of-age story that examines privilege and belonging. Stephanie Wambugu's debut novel Lonely Crowds explores intimacy and frustration between two lifelong friends and achieved bestseller status. Brandon Taylor released Minor Black Figures, portraying a queer painter confronting expectations placed on Black artists. A posthumous collection of Toni Morrison's Princeton lectures connects portrayal of Black characters in the American literary canon with the construction of racial identities and suggests that language must be dismantled to achieve liberation.
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