Praise for Randall Kenan
"Randall Kenan is an American master." -Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage
"A genius, our Black Marquez." -Terry McMillan
"A Visitation of Spirits marks the debut of a very gifted writer. Randall Kenan speaks eloquently and with a great deal of courage about personal and communal strife with the Black community."-Gloria Naylor
"A very daring first novel . . . innovative . . . Randall Kenan has courage and talent to spare."-Chicago Tribune
"Remarkable for its very ambiguities, this stylistically daring novel steers wide of the literature of oppression and uplift, and shares even less with tales of coming-out, in short, an original."-Kirkus Reviews
"Oh, the magic and music Randall Kenan brings to the page."-Jill McCorkle, author of Life After Life
"A gifted, confident writer."-The Raleigh News and Observer
"Kenan's grasp of his lightly fictionalized home's history, geography, and culture was as keen as Faulkner's."-Slate
"One of America's finest writers."-Southern Review of Books
"Randall Kenan is an American master." -Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage
"A genius, our Black Marquez." -Terry McMillan
"A Visitation of Spirits marks the debut of a very gifted writer. Randall Kenan speaks eloquently and with a great deal of courage about personal and communal strife with the Black community."-Gloria Naylor
"A very daring first novel . . . innovative . . . Randall Kenan has courage and talent to spare."-Chicago Tribune
"Remarkable for its very ambiguities, this stylistically daring novel steers wide of the literature of oppression and uplift, and shares even less with tales of coming-out, in short, an original."-Kirkus Reviews
"Oh, the magic and music Randall Kenan brings to the page."-Jill McCorkle, author of Life After Life
"A gifted, confident writer."-The Raleigh News and Observer
"Kenan's grasp of his lightly fictionalized home's history, geography, and culture was as keen as Faulkner's."-Slate
"One of America's finest writers."-Southern Review of Books
Praise for Randall Kenan
"Randall Kenan is an American master." -Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage
"A genius, our Black Marquez." -Terry McMillan
"A Visitation of Spirits marks the debut of a very gifted writer. Randall Kenan speaks eloquently and with a great deal of courage about personal and communal strife with the Black community."-Gloria Naylor
"A very daring first novel . . . innovative . . . Randall Kenan has courage and talent to spare."-Chicago Tribune
"Remarkable for its very ambiguities, this stylistically daring novel steers wide of the literature of oppression and uplift, and shares even less with tales of coming-out, in short, an original."-Kirkus Reviews
"Oh, the magic and music Randall Kenan brings to the page."-Jill McCorkle, author of Life After Life
"A gifted, confident writer."-The Raleigh News and Observer
"Kenan's grasp of his lightly fictionalized home's history, geography, and culture was as keen as Faulkner's."-Slate
"One of America's finest writers."-Southern Review of Books
"Randall Kenan is an American master." -Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage
"A genius, our Black Marquez." -Terry McMillan
"A Visitation of Spirits marks the debut of a very gifted writer. Randall Kenan speaks eloquently and with a great deal of courage about personal and communal strife with the Black community."-Gloria Naylor
"A very daring first novel . . . innovative . . . Randall Kenan has courage and talent to spare."-Chicago Tribune
"Remarkable for its very ambiguities, this stylistically daring novel steers wide of the literature of oppression and uplift, and shares even less with tales of coming-out, in short, an original."-Kirkus Reviews
"Oh, the magic and music Randall Kenan brings to the page."-Jill McCorkle, author of Life After Life
"A gifted, confident writer."-The Raleigh News and Observer
"Kenan's grasp of his lightly fictionalized home's history, geography, and culture was as keen as Faulkner's."-Slate
"One of America's finest writers."-Southern Review of Books







