Redwood Court"Mika, you sit at our feet all these hours and days, hearing us tell our tales. You have all these stories inside you: all the stories everyone in our family knows and all the stories everyone in our family tells. You write 'em in your books and show everyone who we are." So begins award winning poet DLana R. A. Dameron's debut novel, Redwood Court. The baby of the family, Mika Tabor spends much of her time in the care of loved ones, listening to

provides a space for the creative performance and expression of Black girlhood and how this creativity informs other realizations about Black girlhood and womanhood

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a secret land of gods

Thousands of fans know Lazarus Lynch for his bold artistic sensibility

but she's never been brave enough to say so

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She also develops an invaluable bond with her loving grandmother who teaches Sundae to crochet

Raven becomes desperate for a way out

The way each moves forward is surprising

Smith's debut work of nonfiction is a landmark of reflection and insight that offers a new understanding of the hopeful role that memory and history can play in making sense of our country and how it has come to be

Not all are saved

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