The High Price of Freeways

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Pub Date Jul 29 2022 | Archive Date May 02 2023

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Tartt Award Co-winner. With aplomb, restraint. and humor and steady eye, this collection looks at the Black experience in Oakland, from the founding of the Black Panthers to present day. “Sharp, smart, warm, surprising” --Joy Williams

Tartt Award Co-winner. With aplomb, restraint. and humor and steady eye, this collection looks at the Black experience in Oakland, from the founding of the Black Panthers to present day. “Sharp...


A Note From the Publisher

Judy Juanita’s poetry collection, Manhattan my ass, you’re in Oakland was a 2021 American Book Award Winner from the Before Columbus Foundation. Her semi-autobiographical novel, Virgin Soul, chronicled a black female coming of age in the 60s who joins the Black Panther Party (Viking, 2013).

Judy Juanita’s poetry collection, Manhattan my ass, you’re in Oakland was a 2021 American Book Award Winner from the Before Columbus Foundation. Her semi-autobiographical novel, Virgin Soul...


Advance Praise

"Sharp, smart, warm, surprising" Joy Williams

"Wonderfully weird, hilarious, heart-breaking and full of vital, pulsing life." Dan Chaon, author of SLEEPWALK

"a wonderful abundance of stories big and small, of characters both hopeful and disillusioned, of black life in all of its exuberance, heartbreak, and resilience. It’s a joy to read." Jean Thompson



"Sharp, smart, warm, surprising" Joy Williams

"Wonderfully weird, hilarious, heart-breaking and full of vital, pulsing life." Dan Chaon, author of SLEEPWALK

"a wonderful abundance of stories big and...


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Nominated for National Book Award. Review Copies. Advertising.

Nominated for National Book Award. Review Copies. Advertising.


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ISBN 9781604893184
PRICE $19.95 (USD)

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