Books for Those Grieving and Processing Mortality in 2021
Now that we’re here, what do we do? Grief demands observation. It’s not easy.
Novels
Robert Jones, Jr.’s ‘The Prophets’ is a Stunning Debut of Queer Black Love
“We live in a patriarchy, where manhood is considered this really narrow, aggressive thing. So yeah, there is a ton of push back when you tell people, well, I'm going to write about Black queer men in love during antebellum slavery."
Tana French’s ‘The Searcher’ Is An Ambiguous Morality Tale
Crime novels have the uneasy task of managing escapism and justice. In French's work, evil is not clear or easily delineated.
