The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

Since childhood, Ailey Pearl Garfield has understood Du Bois's words all too well. 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.

The 2020 National Book Award-nominated poet makes her fiction debut with this magisterial epic-an intimate yet sweeping novel with all the luminescence and force of Homegoing Sing, Unburied, Sing and The Water Dancer-that chronicles the journey of one American family, from the centuries of the colonial slave trade through the Civil War to our own tumultuous era.

Most Anticipated Book of the Year - A Goodreads Most Anticipated Book of the Year - A Book Page Writer to Watch - A USA Today Hottest Summer Book - A Chicago Tribune Summer Must-Read - An Observer Best Summer Book - A BiblioLifestyle Most Anticipated Literary Book of the Summer - A Deep South Best Book of the Summer In Jeffers' deft hands, the story of race and love in America becomes the great American novel.' -Jacqueline Woodson, author of Red at the Bone and Another BrooklynĪ People 5 Best Books of the Summer - An Essence Best Book of the Summer - A Ms. 'This sweeping, brilliant and beautiful narrative is at once a love song to Black girlhood, family, history, joy, pain. A New York Times Book Everyone Will Be Talking About

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers