Showing results by author "Tara M Stringfellow" in Literature & Fiction

'Tara Stringfellow will be an author to watch for years to come . . . A stellar debut' Jacqueline Woodson, bestselling author of Red at the Bone A spellbinding ode to Memphis, as well as a celebration of the strength and defiance of three generations of a Southern black family who live there...

“Gorgeous poetry” (People) that celebrates Black Southern womanhood and the many ways magic lives in the bonds between mothers, daughters, and sisters, from the bestselling author of Memphis. “These are lush poems full of radical love and strength.”—Warsan Shire, author of Bless the...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY A spellbinding debut novel tracing three generations of a Southern Black family and one daughter’s discovery that she has the power to change her family’s legacy. “A rhapsodic hymn to Black women.”—The New...

"God can stay asleep / these women in my life are magic enuff" An electrifying collection of poems that tells a universal tale of survival and revolution through the lens of Black femininity. Tara Stringfellow embraces complexity, grappling with the sometimes painful, sometimes wonderful way two...

Dans la chaleur étouffante de l'été 1995, après un énième débordement de colère de son père, Joan North trouve refuge avec sa mère et sa jeune sœur dans la majestueuse maison qui a vu les femmes de sa famille grandir. Tapissé de lierre et de chèvrefeuille où nichent colibris, abeilles et papillons, ce verdoyant havre de paix semble raconter sa propre histoire. En poussant la gigantesque porte de bois, Joan sait qu'elle va découvrir d'innombrables fantômes. Celui de son grand-père, lynché après être devenu le premier inspecteur noir de la ville.