Darkly: Black History and America's Gothic Soul by Leila Taylor

Darkly: Black History and America's Gothic Soul

Leila Taylor

206 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir race challenging informative medium-paced

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Leila Taylor takes us into the dark heart of the American gothic, analysing the ways it relates to race in America in the twenty-first century.Haunted houses, bitter revenants and muffled heartbeats under floorboards -- the American gothic is a ma...

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