The Jubilee Reader Recent books by African American writers, writers from the African diaspora, and on related topics. Issue 8 – November/December 2023
Fiction
Blue Hour by Tiffany Clarke Harrison
And Then He Sang a Lullaby
Grieving a recent miscarriage and a police assault on one of her students, a woman ambivalent about motherhood is faced with a decision when she discovers that she is pregnant.
by Ani Kayode Somtochukwu A Nigerian man embarks on his first same-sex relationship and must learn to nurture the connection and protect his safety in the face of anti-gay legislation and increasing violence.
The Blue is Where God Lives
The Art of Scandal
by Sharon Sochil Washington
by Regina Black
A woman mourning the death of her daughter begins to receive visions of two women living almost a century earlier.
A woman who discovers that her mayor husband is having an affair but agrees to keep playing the ideal trophy wife stands to lose everything when she falls in love with an artist whose secrets may expose them all.
Butter: Novellas, Stories, and Fragments by Gayl Jones A collection of two novellas and ten stories exploring complex identities, from the author of Corregidora, The Healing, and Palmares. Can't Let Her Go
The Battle Drum
by Kianna Alexander
by Saara El-Arifi
Two members of the same friend squad in Austin, Texas, push past the boundaries of friendship and into something deeper.
Three women seek the truth of the empire’s past – a truth they discover may have the power to ignite a war. 1