
Hell of a Book
Jason Mott · 2021
A Black novelist on a book tour keeps seeing a Black child who may or may not exist. Mott weaves together the absurdity of literary celebrity and the very real nightmare of anti-Black violence with a structure that earns its emotional ambitions.
Best of Last 10 Years · the Pro canon
The case for it, the case against, and the rest of the canon open with Pro.