Riot Baby

This novella took me several days to finish. It was a little difficult to follow. Sometimes it felt stream of consciousness. Sometimes it jumped timelines. But almost all the time, the language used was powerful and provocative, just not cohesive. It's about a baby born on the day of the L.A. riots over the Rodney King beating and the problems growing up black in America. It has a fantasy twist, though, which made it that much more intense. It's about being angry and having hope. This book was nominated for a slew of awards, wining the 2021 World Fantasy Award for Novella.

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