{"product_id":"we-are-a-haunting-paperback","title":"We Are a Haunting - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTyriek White\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER, The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrooklyn Public Library Book Prize Longlist \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Best Book of 2023 - NPR, \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature, Largehearted Boy, Black Girl Nerds, Le Noir Auteur\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"An absolute triumph.\" --Michael Schaub, \u003ci\u003eNPR\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Astonishing.\" --Kiese Laymon, MacArthur Fellow and author of \u003ci\u003eLong Division\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"What a beautiful, haunting and hued narrative of American living. I'm in love with this story.\" --Jacqueline Woodson, MacArthur Fellow and author of \u003ci\u003eAnother Brooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA poignant debut for readers of Jesmyn Ward and Jamel Brinkley, \u003ci\u003eWe Are a Haunting \u003c\/i\u003efollows three generations of a working class family and their inherited ghosts: a story of hope and transformation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1980's Brooklyn, Key is enchanted with her world, glowing with her dreams. A charming and tender doula serving the Black women of her East New York neighborhood, she lives, like her mother, among the departed and learns to speak to and for them. Her untimely death leaves behind her mother Audrey, who is on the verge of losing the public housing apartment they once shared. Colly, Key's grieving son, soon learns that he too has inherited this sacred gift and begins to slip into the liminal space between the living and the dead on his journey to self-realization. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the present, an expulsion from school forces Colly across town where, feeling increasingly detached and disenchanted with the condition of his community, he begins to realize that he must, ultimately, be accountable to the place he is from. After college, having forged an understanding of friendship, kinship, community, and how to foster love in places where it seems impossible, Colly returns to East New York to work toward addressing structural neglect and the crumbling blocks of New York City public housing he was born to; discovering a collective path forward from the wreckages of the past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA supernatural family saga, a searing social critique, and a lyrical and potent account of displaced lives, \u003ci\u003eWe Are a Haunting \u003c\/i\u003eunravels the threads connecting the past, present, and future, and depicts the palpable, breathing essence of the neglected corridors of a pulsing city with pathos and poise.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTyriek Rashawn White is a writer, musician, and educator from Brooklyn, where he served at-risk and marginalized youth, artists, and scholars in the classroom. He is currently the media director of Lampblack Lit and has received fellowships from Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop, New York State Writers Institute, and Key West Writers' Workshop, among other honors. He holds a degree in creative writing and Africana studies from Pitzer College, and most recently earned an MFA from the University of Mississippi. \u003ci\u003eWe Are a Haunting \u003c\/i\u003eis his first book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 9.13 x 5.91 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 16, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47256225480953,"sku":"9781662602665","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/UerS_uhVcL9781662602665.webp?v=1768731207","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/we-are-a-haunting-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}