Though her books have only been in circulation for eight years, it wouldn’t be a stretch to say that N. K. Jemisin could one day be one of the greatest living science fiction writers. She may already be.
"Heaviness evokes fear and desperation and, most importantly, a soulfulness. It’s something most people try to avoid, but it’s also something that I need to make it through the day."
How to Love a Jamaican, Alexia Arthurs’s first book, is a short-story collection that delves into the lives of people who have Jamaica in common. Whether it’s the place they currently live, the place they left, or the place their parent…
Tayari Jones is the author of four novels; An American Marriage is her latest. I first came to her work through her novel Silver Sparrow, about a man and his two families—one public, one private. Jones writes about people and the trauma th…