James Hannaham Books in Order

Young Black Christian Gary Gray marries his college sweetheart while struggling with his attraction to men. His search for a life that reconciles faith, marriage and desire leads through religious gatherings, Atlanta and a conversion ministry in Memphis.

Lured by promises of work, grieving mother Darlene becomes trapped on a farm that exploits workers through debt and addiction. Her young son Eddie searches for her as both struggle against forces determined to keep them apart.

Prose, poetry and images bring Fernando Pessoa’s work into conversation with the history of air disasters. Through shifting voices and forms, Hannaham explores identity, imposture, leadership, colonialism and the unstable ways people understand themselves.

After more than twenty years in a men’s prison, Carlotta Mercedes returns to a transformed Brooklyn. Over a Fourth of July weekend, she tries to reconnect with her son and family while avoiding parole violations that could send her back.