"Randall Kenan is an American master." -Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage
"A genius, our Black Marquez." -Terry McMillan
"AVisitation of Spirits marks the debut of a very gifted writer. RandallKenan speaks eloquently and with a great deal of courage about personal andcommunal strife with the Black community."-Gloria Naylor
"Avery daring first novel . . . innovative . . . Randall Kenan has courage andtalent to spare."-Chicago Tribune
"Remarkablefor its very ambiguities, this stylistically daring novel steers wide of theliterature of oppression and uplift, and shares even less with tales ofcoming-out, in short, an original."-KirkusReviews
"Oh, the magicand music Randall Kenan brings to the page."-Jill McCorkle, author of LifeAfter Life "A gifted, confident writer."-The Raleigh News and Observer
"Kenan's grasp of his lightly fictionalized home's history, geography,and culture was as keen as Faulkner's."-Slate
"One ofAmerica's finest writers."-Southern Review of Books
Randall Kenan (1963-2020) was the former chancellor of the Fellowship of Southern Writers and a professor of English and comparative literature at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. He lived in Hillsborough, North Carolina.