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The great scholar, W.E. B. Du Bois, once wrote about the Problem of race in America, and what he called Double Consciousness, a sensitivity that every African American possesses in order to survive.

Since childhood, Ailey Pearl Garfield has understood Du Boiss words all too well. Bearing the names of two formidable Black Americansthe revered choreographer Alvin Ailey and her great grandmother Pearl, the descendant of enslaved Georgians and tenant farmersAiley carries Du Boiss Problem on her shoulders.

Ailey is reared in the north in the City but spends summers in...

»Ein triumphales Debüt über Schwarze Geschichte und das Aufwachsen im Süden der USA.« New York Times Book Review

»Ein brillantes Epos, wie es nur ein Mal in zehn Jahren erscheint. Es wird Ihre Sicht auf Amerika für immer verändern.« Washington Post

Jeden Sommer reist Ailey Pearl Garfield nach Chicasetta, einem Provinzort in Georgia, wo die Familie ihrer Mutter seit über 200 Jahren lebt. Dank ihres Onkels Root kommt sie nach Routledge, einem historisch Schwarzen College, setzt sich mit dem großen Denker W.E.B. Du...

As the title implies, this beautifully written collection bursts with stories reminiscent of blackberries----small, succulent morsels that are inviting and sweet, yet sometimes bitter. Crystal Wilkinson provides an almost voyeuristic glimpse into the lives of her characters: Two misfit teenagers seek stolen moments of love and acceptance in the cloak of night ("Hushed"); a woman spends every waking hour obsessed with dying yet ironically watching her loved ones pass away before her ("Waiting on the Reaper"); a wife confronts her husband's mistress in a diner over potato skins and cornbread...