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DK Nnuro's debut novel, What Napoleon Could Not Do, explores one extended Ghanaian family's strained relationship with America, a country that mistreats them despite the family’s constant efforts to do right. What Napoleon Could Not Do was one of Barack Obama’s 2023 Summer Reading List picks and the winner of the Great Lakes Colleges Association (GLCA) New Writers Award in Fiction.
"What Napoleon Could Not Do is an exquisitely written meditation on family, secrets, duty, loss, and the desire for success and inner peace. DK Nnuro has crafted each character--whether their role is large or small--with great care and singularity. What a striking debut." --De'Shawn Charles Winslow, author of the award-winning In West Mills
Claudia Acevedo-Quiñones's first full-length book is organized around six hurricanes that have hit the island of Puerto Rico. The Hurricane Book documents the myriad ways in which colonialism—particularly the relationship between the United States and the island—has seeped into the lives of Puerto Ricans, affecting how they and their land recover from catastrophe, as well as how families and citizens are bound to one another.
"The Hurricane Book is an important work of art and archive, a blend of poetry, cartography, and Puerto Rican history. Alternating between playful language and sobering reality, Claudia Acevedo-Quiñones interrogates memory and truth, explores family secrets, and sheds light on the realities of colonialism. A multilayered, powerful book..."--Jaquira Díaz, author of Ordinary Girls: A Memoir
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