Jamel Brinkley Books in Order

Nine stories follow Black men and boys navigating family, friendship, desire, and past mistakes. Across encounters shaped by race, gender, and class, fathers, sons, and brothers struggle to understand their relationships and the limits of their hopes.

Edited by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, this anthology gathers twenty O. Henry Prize-winning short stories. The collection includes contributors' reflections on their work and a resource list of magazines publishing short fiction.

Ten stories set in contemporary New York explore the responsibility of noticing others and acting on what one sees. Families, friends, children, elders, and ghosts confront grief, intimacy, and failures of care as their city changes.