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A Good Haunting: Stories

A beautifully written and often speculative story collection infused with Caribbean and African myths and cultures, exploring love, betrayal, motherhood, death, and home

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Pinnacle: The Lost Paradise of Rasta

A fascinating first-person origin story of Rastafari beliefs, culture, and philosophy, capturing a crucial and little-known chapter in Jamaican history

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Creatures of Passage

With echoes of Toni Morrison’s Beloved, Yejidé’s novel explores a forgotten quadrant of Washington, DC, and the ghosts that haunt it.

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Roddy Bottum — Franklin Park Reading Series (Brooklyn, NY)

11/9/26, 8:00pm

Roddy Bottum presents The Royal We; also reading Nicholas Russell and others TBA.

Kira Tucker — Rhodes College (Memphis, TN)

11/10/26, 5:00pm

Kira Tucker presents Wildest.

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