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REDWOOD COURT
A breathtaking debut novel-in-stories about one unforgettable Southern Black family, seen through the eyes of its youngest daughter as she comes of age in the 1990s.
Growing up on Redwood Court, the cul-de-sac in the working-class suburb of Columbia, South Carolina where her grandparents live, Mika learns important, sometimes difficult lessons from the people who raise her: Her exhausted parents, who work long hours at multiple jobs while still making sure their kids experience the adventure of family vacations; her older sister, who, in a house filled with Motown would rather listen to Alanis Morrisette, and can't wait to taste real independence; her retired grandparents, children of Jim Crow, who realized their own vision of success when they bought their house on Redwood Court in the 1960s, imagining it filled with future generations; and the many neighbors on the Court who hold tight to the community they've built, committed to fostering joy and love in an America so insistent on seeing Black people stumble and fall.
Dameron's prose is clear, visceral, and lyrical, lulling the reader to fall in love of each of the compelling characters making it one of those books that is hard to stop reading. The further you read, the more you recognize the traits and habits of this indelible cast, especially the wide-eyed Mika absorbing her family stories like a sponge.
DéLana R.A. Dameron is a graduate of New York University's MFA program. Her debut poetry collection, How God Ends Us, was selected by Elizabeth Alexander for the 2008 South Carolina Poetry Book Prize, and her second collection, Weary Kingdom, was selected by Nikky Finney for the Palmetto Poetry Series. Her work has appeared in the Kweli Journal, Los Angeles Review of Books, The Rumpus, and elsewhere. Dameron is the founder of arts nonprofits Red Olive Culture Commons, a fundraising consulting agency, and Black Art Futures Fund, a philanthropic initiative supporting small and community-based Black organizations.
Dameron's prose is clear, visceral, and lyrical, lulling the reader to fall in love of each of the compelling characters making it one of those books that is hard to stop reading. The further you read, the more you recognize the traits and habits of this indelible cast, especially the wide-eyed Mika absorbing her family stories like a sponge.
DéLana R.A. Dameron is a graduate of New York University's MFA program. Her debut poetry collection, How God Ends Us, was selected by Elizabeth Alexander for the 2008 South Carolina Poetry Book Prize, and her second collection, Weary Kingdom, was selected by Nikky Finney for the Palmetto Poetry Series. Her work has appeared in the Kweli Journal, Los Angeles Review of Books, The Rumpus, and elsewhere. Dameron is the founder of arts nonprofits Red Olive Culture Commons, a fundraising consulting agency, and Black Art Futures Fund, a philanthropic initiative supporting small and community-based Black organizations.
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