![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() As the story unfolds, we see the tapestry of American history as it is woven together: white European settlers, enslaved Black people kidnapped from Africa, Indigenous people whose land was forcibly taken from them and the interrelationships between them all. Du Bois is a true epic, tracking the fictional family history of African-American protagonist Ailey Pearl Garfield back 8 generations in a fashion similar to Yaa Ngasi’s Homegoing. The hefty debut novel from award-winning poet Honorée Fanonne Jeffers is over 800 pages, spans over 2 centuries, and only weighs 1.4 pounds in paperback format. Good news for those of us who travel with books: The Love Songs of W. ![]()
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