The Office of Historical Corrections

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"Danielle Evans is widely acclaimed for her blisteringly smart voice and x-ray insights into the complex human relationships. With The Office of Historical Corrections, Evans zooms in on particular moments and relationships in her characters' lives in a way that allows them to speak to larger issues of race, culture, and history. She introduces us to Black and multi-racial characters who are experiencing the universal confusions of lust and love, and getting walloped by grief--all while exploring how history haunts us, personally and collectively. Ultimately, she provokes us to think about the truths of American history - about who gets to tell them, and the cost of setting the record straight. In 'Boys Go to Jupiter' a white college student tries to reinvent herself after a photo of her in a confederate flag bikini goes viral. In 'Richard of York Gave Battle in Vain' a photojournalist is forced to confront her own losses while attending an old friend's unexpectedly dramatic wedding. And in the eye-opening title novella, a black scholar from Washington DC is drawn into a complex historical mystery that spans generations and puts her job, her love life, and her oldest friendship at risk."-- Provided by publisher.

subjects: American literature,  Fiction, short stories (single author),  Fiction, psychological,  African americans, fiction,  Fiction, african american & black, general,  Women college students,  Fiction,  Photojournalists,  Weddings,  Loss (Psychology),  African American women,  Interpersonal relations,  Short stories,  Étudiantes,  Romans, nouvelles,  Photographes de presse,  Noces,  Perte (Psychologie),  Noires américaines,  FICTION / African American / Women,  FICTION / Short Stories (single author),  FICTION / Literary,  Race relations