Overview
A āsplendid and grand collectionā (Edward P. Jones, Pulitzer PrizeĀāwinning author of The Known World) portraying the lived experiences of Black Muslims grappling with faith, family, and freedom in America.
In Temple Folk, Black Muslims contemplate the convictions of their race, religion, economics, politics, and sexuality in America. The ten ābeautiful and vividā (Jacqueline Woodson, National Book AwardĀāwinning and New York Times bestselling author) stories in this collection contribute to the bounty of diverse narratives about Black life by intimately portraying the experiences of a community that resists the mainstream culture to which they are expected to accept and aspire to while functioning within the country in which they are born.
In āDue North,ā an obedient daughter struggles to understand why sheās haunted by the spirit of her recently deceased father. In āWhoās Down?ā a father, after a brief affair with vegetarianism, conspires with his daughter to order him a double cheeseburger. In āCandy for Hanifā a motherās routine trip to the store for her disabled son takes an unlikely turn when she reflects on a near-death experience. In āWoman in Niqab,ā a daughterās suspicion of her fatherās infidelity prompts her to wear her hair in public. In āNew Mexico,ā a federal agent tasked with spying on a high-ranking member of the Nation of Islam grapples with his responsibilities closer to home.
With an unflinching eye for the contradictions between what these characters profess to believe and what they do, Temple Folk accomplishes the rare feat of presenting moral failures with compassion, nuance, and humor to remind us that while perfection is what many of us strive for, itās the errors that make us human.
This book title, Temple Folk, ISBN: 9781982191825, by Aaliyah Bilal, published by Simon & Schuster (July 2, 2024) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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