Introducing the first volume in an exciting new annual anthology
featuring the year's most outstanding fiction by some of today's finest
African American writers.
From stories that depict black life in times gone by to those that
address contemporary issues, this inaugural volume gathers the very best
recent African American fiction. Created during a period of electrifying
political dialogue and cultural, social, and economic change that is
sure to captivate the imaginations of writers and readers for years to
come, these short stories and novel excerpts explore a rich variety of
subjects. But most of all, they represent exceptional artistry.
Here you'll find work by both established names and up-and-comers,
ranging from Walter Dean Myers to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Mat Johnson,
and Junot Díaz. They write about subjects as diverse as the complexities
of black middle-class life and the challenges of interracial
relationships, a modern-day lynching in the South and a young musician's
coming-of-age during the Harlem Renaissance. What unites these stories,
whether set in suburbia, in eighteenth-century New York City, or on a
Caribbean island that is supposed to be "brown skin paradise," is their
creators' passionate engagement with matters of the human heart.
Masterful and engaging, this first volume of Best African American
Fiction features stories you'll want to savor, share, and return to
again and again.
Please click the "Behind the Book" link for contributor's bios.
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