Continuing Conjure: African-Based Spiritual Traditions in Colson Whitehead’s <i>The Underground Railroad</i> and Jesmyn Ward’s <i>Sing, Unburied, Sing</i>

In 2016 and 2017, Colson Whitehead&#8217;s <i>The Underground Railroad</i> and Jesmyn <i>Ward&#8217;s Sing, Unburied, Sing</i> both won the National Book Award for fiction, the first time that two African-American writers have won the award in consecutive years. This...

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Main Author: James Mellis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-06-01
Series:Religions
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/10/7/403