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Carolyn Ferrell is an American short story writer and novelist. Her debut novel, Dear Miss Metropolitan, was released in 2021 and was shortlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award and the PEN Faulkner Award. Her work has appeared in The Literary Review, Callaloo, Fiction, and Sojourner: The Women’s Forum. She teaches writing at Sarah Lawrence College.
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When a mixed-race Black woman attends her family reunion in North Carolina, she is unsure how to reveal to her family that her father has died and left her all his land.
Living in the Bronx, a gay Black high schooler grows determined to master the vocabulary words his mother forces him to learn. He balances academics with home life, bullying, and a love interest.
Guilt catches up to the wife of an abusive but talented black comedian fifty-four years into their marriage, causing her to reevaluate her devotion during his 2010 comeback show in Los Angeles.