Karla FC Holloway’s most recent novel, Gone Missing in Harlem (Triquarterly, 2021) was awarded a Publisher’s Weekly Starred ⭐️ Review (!) and joined her Harlem Renaissance series that began with A Death in Harlem (2019). Eight academic books marked her scholarly career; but now this Duke U distinguished Emerita professor of law & lit indulges in writing the fictions her own book club of 30+ years has enjoyed.
The Thursday Lady (currently slouching towards Bethlehem!) is Karla's generous gift to book club readers whose meetings combine deep discussion, loving communities, and nuanced conversations about current affairs. In this “very-near-to-present-day" novel, troubling concerns about contemporary politics and values are nudged from fiction to fact when an elderly member of one District of Columbia book club is provoked to a stunning response to the state of the nation. Aurelia Wynter’s decision sets off a national crisis when the Supreme Court Justice she works for turns up dead.
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Karla FC Holloway is James B. Duke Emerita Professor of English, African-American Studies, and Professor of Law at Duke University. Her classrooms and scholarship focused on literature, law, and bioethics. In 2017 she turned her full attention to writing fiction. The Thursday Lady is her 3rd novel.
"But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives." -Toni Morrison
The Thursday Lady (currently slouching towards Bethlehem!) is Karla's generous gift to book club readers whose meetings combine deep discussion, loving communities, and nuanced conversations about current affairs. In this “very-near-to-present-day" novel, troubling concerns about contemporary politics and values are nudged from fiction to fact when an elderly member of one District of Columbia book club is provoked to a stunning response to the state of the nation. Aurelia Wynter’s decision sets off a national crisis when the Supreme Court Justice she works for turns up dead.
KEEP UP WITH THE ECLECTIC INTERESTS OF @ProfHolloway ON TWITTER!
Karla FC Holloway is James B. Duke Emerita Professor of English, African-American Studies, and Professor of Law at Duke University. Her classrooms and scholarship focused on literature, law, and bioethics. In 2017 she turned her full attention to writing fiction. The Thursday Lady is her 3rd novel.
"But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives." -Toni Morrison
