Lost in the CityFrom the Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Known World Original and arresting.[Joness] stories will touch chords of empathy and recognition in all readers. Washington Post These 14 stories of African American lifeaffirm humanity as only good literature can. Los Angeles Times A magnificent collection of short fiction focusing on the lives of African American men and women in Washington, D. C., Lost in the City is the book that first brought author

she would have figured it all out in one season

Denied his freedom and ripped away from his family

'Puberty - it's not as scary as it seems' and 'How to be a cool dad'

when his father was imprisoned for murder

and killer mains like Johnny Garlic’s Cedar Plank Salmon

a gang of specters has been growing bolder by the day

New York Times bestselling and National Book Award-winning author of The Sacrifice

and The Half-Drowned King is nothing short of mesmerizing

and a member of one of the most powerful magic families in the world

Action-Packed Illustrations: See Tom Watson’s signature stick-figure drawings on nearly every page

Edgar Award-nominee Lou Berney’s The Long and Faraway Gone is a smart

plenty of common sense