“History. Lived, not written, is such a thing not to understand always, but to marvel over.” This is the first novel of J California Cooper, who was primarily known as a playwright for much of her career, and then a short story writer for about a decade before writing this novel. This is a short novel with a slightly artificial frame, but really strong and powerful writing throughout. The novel is narrated by Clora, an enslaved woman who is the daughter of another enslaved woman […]