The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
Dayton Literary Peace Prize – Fiction · 2022 · Winner
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Dayton Literary Peace Prize – Fiction | 2022 | Winner |
About This Book
An epic multigenerational novel tracing an African American family from the antebellum South through the twenty-first century, rooted in the red clay of Georgia. Ailey Pearl Garfield, a young woman coming of age, uncovers the buried history of her people—the crimes and the love and the survival—that has shaped her world. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Fiction.
About the Author
Honorée Fanonne JeffersAmerican
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers is an American poet and novelist. She is a Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Oklahoma. Born in Talladega, Alabama, she grew up in North Carolina and has deep roots in the American South. Read more →
