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Finalist for the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction

A “splendid and grand collection” (Edward P. Jones, Pulitzer Prize­-winning 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 “beautiful and vivid” (Jacqueline Woodson, National Book Award­-winning 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 “Due North,” an obedient daughter struggles to understand why she’s haunte

Temple Folk

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    A Paperback by Aaliyah Bilal

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      Publisher Simon & Schuster
      Published 7 February 2024
      ISBN-13 9781982191825
      978-1982191825
      ISBN-10 1982191821

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Finalist for the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction

      A “splendid and grand collection” (Edward P. Jones, Pulitzer Prize­-winning 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 “beautiful and vivid” (Jacqueline Woodson, National Book Award­-winning 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 “Due North,” an obedient daughter struggles to understand why she’s haunte

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