HARLEM SHUFFLE, the first volume in the Harlem Trilogy, came out in the fall of 2021. The New Yorker ran an excerpt and also a piece where I talk about it. Here is some more information about it, and also the Publishers Weekly review, the Kirkus review, and an interview.

CROOK MANIFESTO, the second book, was published on July 18th, 2023. Surely this was the return of the good gumbo. Kirkus: “It’s not just crime fiction at its craftiest, but shrewdly rendered social history.” Walter Mosley was very kind in the New York Times.

COOL MACHINE, the conclusion of the whole dang saga, will be published in the summer of 2026.

Barry Jenkins's adaptation of THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD came out — it’s freaking incredible. Here it is. Here is an interview with me & Barry and here is a review.

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