when the reckoning comes by latanya mcqueen

She is an assistant professor of English and creative writing at Coe College in Iowa.

Dana Emerging Writer Fellow at Cornell College. This book is a wonder.” -Rion Amilcar Scottīook notes: Paperback, fiction, 256 pages.Īuthor bio: LaTanya McQueen has an MFA from Emerson College, a PhD from the University of Missouri, and was the Robert P. And while McQueen serves up stark lucidity and beauty, she doesn’t hide from the darkness of the past, instead she makes meaning of it. LaTanya McQueen’s When the Reckoning Comes makes that fact both startlingly real and beautiful.

As Mira returns to her North Carolina hometown to attend her childhood best friend’s wedding, she’s forced to confront the oppressive history of the land she left behind 10 years ago. In life, heavy was the crown of chains meant to keep their bodies down, but their spirits soon will rise.”īook buzz: “Whether we know it or not, we are all haunted by history. When the Reckoning Comes by LaTanya McQueen When the Reckoning Comes by LaTanya McQueen (share) ADD TO CART Buy the Audiobook Buy the Kindle eBook Borrow from Library Publication Date: List Price: 17. This haunting debut from LaTanya McQueen is a horror story, but it’s deeper than ghosts and ghouls. LaTanya McQueens well-crafted modern gothic digs into topics like historical accountability and the weight of.

Perfect pitch: “A haunting novel about a Black woman who returns to her hometown for a plantation wedding and the horror that ensues as she reconnects with the blood-soaked history of the land and the best friends she left behind.”įirst lines: “ They are coming.

When the reckoning comes by latanya mcqueen