As I started to write this review, I did a little search on Louise Meriwether and it turns out the NYT ran a story on her today. I first heard of Meriwether only recently, which seems to be a common story despite the fact that Meriwether’s much lauded first novel Daddy Was a Number Runner was published in 1970. Did you know that there is a prize in her name? The Louise Meriwether First Book Prize …was founded in 2016 to honor author Louise Meriwether […]
A novel for Juneteenth
Daddy Was a Number Runner by Louise Meriwether