Honorée Fanonne Jeffers’ The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois was longlisted for the National Book Award, and made our 2021 list of best fiction, for good reason: “Her masterful treatment of the characters and their relationships, paired with the thorough and engaging way the narrative is laid out, makes for a book that is easy to invest and get lost in,” our reviewer wrote. Jeffers’ first work of nonfiction will explore “the emotional and historical tensions in Black women’s public lives and her own private life.”
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers’ The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois was longlisted for the National Book Award, and made our 2021 list of best fiction, for good reason: “Her masterful treatment of the characters and their relationships, paired with the thorough and engaging way…
