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Uncertainty could be a kind of hope, Angress writes.
It is a beautifully constructed novel with four major points of view, and its also very expertly plotted.
This book approaches that issue head on.
Its a legal term, a political term, that has no formal definition.
The things that refuge are meant to guarantee are not legally binding.
Legally, refuge is meant to be a temporary state that people pass through.
I thought,This is a unique voice.
What they find is the construction of a hyper-capitalist city, uncomfortably enmeshed with religion.
The four-part allegory is stylistically rich, playing with form to trouble the present.
More overarchingly, though, I wanted to write a systems novel …
It made me excited about what he would write next.
Tyriek White,We Are a Haunting
Description:Collys inheritance is supernatural.
White on confronting the ghosts of the past:America has this kind of aversion to its own history.
The book is a revelation.
I feel lucky to have been introduced to Tyriek Whites work.
These interviews have been edited and condensed for clarity.
