This collection is divided into three sections. The first opens with the speaker's reflections on her childhood loss of her father and subsequent move to a new

"Poetic, insightful, and deeply moving. David Means is one of my very favorite writers." —Tara Westover, author of Educated Following the publication of his w

The unexpected collection of my parent’s ashes from the crematorium opened the door to a new adventure in dealing my parents death that I personally found ver

A work of personal criticism by a leading Black male literary critic, combining memoir with readings of African American fiction.