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We are a haunting a novel

"We Are a Haunting is a debut, coming-of-age novel that mixes magical realism and the Southern Gothic and follows three generations of East New Yorkers struggling to maintain a connection to their history"--

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Main Author:	White, Tyriek, 1991- (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Astra House, [2023]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	African American families > Fiction. Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) > Fiction. Ghost stories. Magic realist fiction.
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Summary:	"We Are a Haunting is a debut, coming-of-age novel that mixes magical realism and the Southern Gothic and follows three generations of East New Yorkers struggling to maintain a connection to their history"--
Physical Description:	252 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:	9781662601712 1662601719
Author Notes:	Tyriek Rashawn White is a writer, musician, and educator from Brooklyn, NY. He is the author of the novel, We Are a Haunting (Astra House, 2023) which won the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and was longlisted for the Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize. He was named a 2024 National Book Foundation "5 Under 35" Honoree and has received fellowships from Callaloo Writing Workshop, New York State Writer's Institute, and Key West Literary Seminar, among other honors. He is currently the media director of Lampblack Literary Foundation, which seeks to provide mutual aid and various resources to Black writers across the diaspora. He holds a degree in Creative Writing & Africana Studies from Pitzer College and most recently earned an MFA from the University of Mississippi.