Butter Binding:Paperback Avery finds friendship in unexpected

Avery finds friendship in unexpected places: in Simone Cole

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and a second home for her and her brother was their local library

even if she wanted to

Butter Binding:Paperback Avery finds friendship in unexpectedA wide ranging collection, including two novellas and ten stories exploring complex identities, from the acclaimed author of Corregidora, The Healing, and Palmares Gayl Joness work represents a watershed in American literature. From a literary standpoint, her form is impeccable . . . and as a Black woman writer, her truth telling, filled with beauty, tragedy, humor, and incisiveness, is unmatched. Imani Perry, author of, Looking for Lorraine and