Josephine Wilson: 3 books

WINNER of the Miles Franklin Literary Award 2016 He hated the word retirement, but not as much as he hated the word village, as if ageing made you a peasant or a fool. Herein lives the village idiot. Professor Frederick Lothian, retired engineer, world expert on concrete and connoisseur of modernist...

  You will enjoy this heartwarming and delightful story about a single parent squirrel who goes to great length to provide food for his little triplet squirrels—Squint, Squeal, and Squeaky. This is a must-read book to find out if, after being threatened, the squirrel will become a squirrel burger.

This anthology of black writers traces the evolution of African-American perspectives throughout American history, from the early years of slavery to the end of the 20th century. The essays, manifestos, interviews, and documents assembled here, contextualized with critical commentaries from Marable...