Kin by Tayari Jones is set in the 1950’s and is as rich as the soil of the Deep South. It is a welcome follow-up to her earlier novel An American Marriage, which dug deeply into “living while black” and maturing in marriage. Kin focuses on two friends, Niecy and Annie, both of whom grew …
Continue reading The families we choose – and what they mean
Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson is a relatively short, exquisitely written novel (published five years ago) about two Black families, divided by economic status, whose lives become joined when their children conceive a baby. Iris, 16, insists on giving birth to Melody, without any understanding of or commitment to being a mom. Her …
Continue reading In Trump Week Two, this piece of fiction is a gift
Marjorie Arons-Barron 