author of An Immense World
32nd Annual Modern Language Association Prize for a First Book
While some worry that without legal consequences there will be no effective deterrence for the repetition of future transgressions of justice committed at the highest levels of government
and belonging in the United States
the narrators’ resilience in the midst of uncertain futures reveal the myriad ways in which LGBT Africans push back against unjust and unequal systems
The Endless Crisis HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC author of An Immense WorldThe days of boom and bubble are over, and the time has come to understand the long term economic reality. Although the Great Recession officially ended in June 2009, hopes for a new phase of rapid economic expansion were quickly dashed. Instead, growth has been slow, unemployment has remained high, wages and benefits have seen little improvement, poverty has increased, and the trend toward more inequality of incomes and wealth has continued. It