The office of historical corrections : a novella and stories / Danielle Evans.
"Danielle Evans is widely acclaimed for her blisteringly smart voice and x-ray insights into the complex human relationships. With The Office of Historical Corrections, Evans zooms in on particular moments and relationships in her characters' lives in a way that allows them to speak to larger issues of race, culture, and history. She introduces us to Black and multi-racial characters who are experiencing the universal confusions of lust and love, and getting walloped by grief--all while exploring how history haunts us, personally and collectively. Ultimately, she provokes us to think about the truths of American history - about who gets to tell them, and the cost of setting the record straight. In 'Boys Go to Jupiter' a white college student tries to reinvent herself after a photo of her in a confederate flag bikini goes viral. In 'Richard of York Gave Battle in Vain' a photojournalist is forced to confront her own losses while attending an old friend's unexpectedly dramatic wedding. And in the eye-opening title novella, a black scholar from Washington DC is drawn into a complex historical mystery that spans generations and puts her job, her love life, and her oldest friendship at risk."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781594487330
- ISBN: 1594487332
- Physical Description: 269 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York : Riverhead Books, 2020.
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | Happily ever after -- Richard of York gave battle in vain -- Boys go to Jupiter -- Alcatraz -- Why won't women just say what they want -- Anything could disappear -- The office of historical corrections. |
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Genre: | Detective and mystery fiction. Fiction. Novellas. Psychological fiction. Short stories. Short stories. Short stories. Novellas. Psychological fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. |
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Author Notes
The Office of Historical Corrections : A Novella and Stories
Danielle Evans is the author of the story collection Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self , winner of the 2021 Joyce Carol Oates Prize, the PEN America PEN/Robert W. Bingham prize, the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, and the Paterson Prize, and a National Book Foundation 5 under 35 honoree. Her stories have appeared in many magazines and anthologies, including The Best American Short Stories . She teaches in The Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University.