Author: robertjonesjr

Heralded as “a new kind of epic” (Entertainment Weekly), this 2021 National Book Award finalist unravels the story of Samuel and Isaiah, two enslaved men in the antebellum South whose love — and survival — is threatened by plantation life. “That shuffling sound you hear is Morrison, Baldwin, and Angelou whooping and hollering both in pride, and wonder” (Marlon James). Already named a best book of …