A really good short story collection can give the reader a brief moment of being someone else, of immediately inhabiting the brain of another person. Instead of taking the length of a novel to mentally absorb the world the author has built or described, a short story takes you on a quicker walk in someone else’s shoes.
All of these new collections do this over and over again. Written by Black authors from different countries, of different ages and from different life experiences, they masterfully find the moments in life when people’s personalities change – either deliberately or inadvertently.
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Seventeen stories of Black men who live lives that may be considered socially awkward or odd. You can also check out this title as eBook on OverDrive/Libby, as eAudio on OverDrive/Libby, as eBook on Hoopla or as eAudio on Hoopla.
Danticat follows strands of the Haitian “dyaspora” in this new collection of short fiction. You can also check out this title as eBook on OverDrive/Libby, as eAudio on OverDrive/Libby or as eAudio on Hoopla.
A life in stories set in Little Jamaica in Toronto, Ontario, following a girl who is navigating her identity as a Canadian and as a daughter of immigrants. You can also check out this title as eBook on Hoopla or as eAudio on Hoopla.
The world of a young gay man in Houston is explored through short stories featuring different facets of life in the city. You can also check out this title as eAudio on OverDrive/Libby or as eBook on OverDrive/Libby.
A short story collection full of characters who must confront their own traumas and define their selves within the context of modern life in the U.S. and the weight of its history of racism. You can also check out this title as eBook on OverDrive/Libby or as eAudio on OverDrive/Libby.
Short stories explore the raw and tender places where Black women and girls dare to follow their desires and pursue a momentary reprieve from being good. The nine stories in this collection feature four generations of characters grappling with who they want to be in the world, caught as they are between the church’s double standards and their own needs and passions.
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The life experience of women is both specific and universal in these short stories. You can also check out this title as eBook on OverDrive/Libby.
Set in Washington, D.C., this collection explores Black life in that city and the moments in life when new truths are learned. You can also check out this title as eBook on OverDrive/Libby, as eAudio on OverDrive/Libby, as eBook on Hoopla or as eAudio on Hoopla.