Brit Bennett's debut novel The Mothers, was published in the fall of 2016 with critics and readers immediately dazzled by this exciting new voice in literary fiction. Named a "5
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Brit Bennett’s debut novel The Mothers, was published in the fall of 2016 with critics and readers immediately dazzled by this exciting new voice in literary fiction. Named a “5 Under 35” honoree by the National Book Foundation, Bennett followed her PEN/Robert W. Bingham prize for debut fiction with The Vanishing Half. This New York Times bestseller explores the lasting influence of the past as it shapes a person’s decisions, desires and expectations. Bennett’s work has also been featured in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, and The Paris Review.
In 1989, at just fifteen years young, Yusef Salaam was tried and convicted in the "Central Park Jogger" case, along with four other Black and Latinix young men. After almost
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In 1989, at just fifteen years young, Yusef Salaam was tried and convicted in the “Central Park Jogger” case, along with four other Black and Latinix young men. After almost seven years behind bars for a crime he did not commit, Yusef’s case was overturned and he was set free. His memoir, Better, Not Bitter, details his journey where, in the face of misjustice, Yusef found hope. A Lifetime Achievement Award recipient from President Barack Obama, he advocates for criminal justice reform, prison reform, and the abolition of juvenile solitary confinement.
