they thought they'd made it
and the bright promise of freedom
the only surviving witness
West African griots (men) and griottes (women) have recited the stories of their people
how can we metabolize our anger into a force for liberation
This Boy We Made Format:Paperback they thought they'd made itFinalist for the 2023 Southern Book Prize A Black mother bumps up against the limits of everything she thought she believedabout science and medicine, about motherhood, and about her faithin search of the truth about her son. One morning, Tophs, Taylor Harriss round cheeked, lively twenty two month old, wakes up listless, only lifting his head to gulp down water. She rushes Tophs to the doctor, ignoring the part of herself, trained by years of therapy