Linked by a desk, three separate lives and three cities become intertwined in a novel about loss, memory, and what remains missing.

What is lost lingers like drawers in a desk.

A worldly young teacher arrives in a small Georgia town in 1938 and unsettles the life of the community, especially through the eyes of an observant child narrator.

An outsider changes how the town sees itself.

A monumental atlas that maps the transatlantic slave trade from 1501 to 1867 and presents the scale of the system through maps, charts, and historical materials.

The maps speak quietly about an enormous violence.

A monumental atlas that maps the transatlantic slave trade from 1501 to 1867 and presents the scale of the system through maps, charts, and historical materials.

The maps speak quietly about an enormous violence.

A social history of the Great Migration that follows individual lives to show how African Americans moved from the South to the North and West in the 20th century, and what that movement meant for memory and identity.

A social history of the Great Migration told through individual lives.

Recognized for a body of work that explores urban life, personal memory, and the literary expression of Black culture and history.

An award for a body of work centered on city life and memory.