LaTanya McQueen Books in Order

A year after his father leaves, Billy invents stories to fill the silence surrounding his absence. Rumors of a leopard nearby inspire a determined hunt, as he tries to prove himself and make sense of an uncertain world.

Combining family memories, genealogical research, history, folklore, and literary analysis, these essays examine slavery's continuing influence on Black women's identities. McQueen connects personal inheritance with the narratives through which America remembers and obscures its racial past.

Mira returns to her Southern hometown for an old friend's wedding at a renovated plantation. Reconnecting with childhood companions forces her to confront buried memories while the site's erased history of slavery returns as a terrifying supernatural threat.