A Lucky Man

A Lucky ManFINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION In the nine expansive, searching stories of A Lucky Man, fathers and sons attempt to salvage relationships with friends and family members and confront mistakes made in the past. An imaginative young boy from the Bronx goes swimming with his group from day camp at a backyard pool in the suburbs, and faces the effects of power and privilege in ways he can barely grasp. A teen intent on proving himself a

moving and excoriating

Wilkerson brilliantly captures their first treacherous cross-country journeys by car and train and their new lives in colonies in the New World

Jesmyn Ward lost five young men in her life-to drugs

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the poet has collected her favorite work in all forms of verse

Empress Malini and priestess Priya will stop at nothing to save their kingdoms—even if it means they must destroy each other

Ofosua Addo crosses paths with Cole Drake for the first time

I had no idea that one small decision would lead to this

calls her “the most exciting discovery I’ve made in fiction for some time

the mistakes they made along the way

the unlikely pair develops a life-altering bond

Finalist for the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction