Ashanti L. White

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The Gone Dead

Recalling Lalita Tademy's Cane River, this work will appeal to lovers of African American, Southern, and historical fiction. [See Prepub Alert, 12/17/18.]
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The Hundred Wells of Salaga

Analogous to Tsitsi Dangarembga's Commonwealth Writers' Prize-winning Nervous Conditions, this spacious work will appeal to readers of African and historical fiction.—Ashanti White, Fayetteville, NC
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The Chief of Rally Tree

Employing humor as she focuses on environmental and identity politics and with a clear-eyed compassion reminiscent of Raymond Carver, Boyden's work will appeal to readers of literary and environmental fiction.
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She Would Be King

As with Yaa Gyasi's Homegoing, this work will appeal to lovers of African, African American, and literary fiction.
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The Lion's Binding Oath and Other Stories

In tone recalling Maya Angelou's Gather Together in My Name, this work will appeal to readers of literary and African fiction.
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How To Love a Jamaican

Stylistically reminiscent of Toni Morrison's Paradise, this successful debut will appeal to readers of literary and Caribbean fiction. [See Prepub Alert, 1/8/18.]
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Evening Primrose

Written in delicate prose recalling Zinzi Clemmons's What We Lose, this raw, honest work draws readers into Masechaba's South African world and will appeal to lovers of African, medical, and literary fiction.
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We Are Taking Only What We Need: Stories

What is lovely about these stories is that Watts can take a few words and paint a landscape that reveals so much richness about the people and culture. Similar to Pearl Cleage's Brass Bed and Other Stories, this collection will appeal to readers of Southern and African American fiction.
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Whiskey & Ribbons

Written with the emotional impact of Ayobami Adebayo's Stay with Me, this work will appeal to lovers of literary fiction.
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