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Book · 2018
A Lucky Man
A debut collection of nine stories set across Brooklyn and the Bronx. The narratives follow Black men and boys navigating family ties, romantic relationships, and social pressures, from swimming lessons at a suburban day camp to the street revels of J'ouvert in Crown Heights.
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In fact, the collection may include only nine stories, but in each of them, Brinkley gives us an entire world.
Ilana Masad on NPR A collection as fine as this, of fiction that is reflecting our world and searching for the truth, is one to be treasured, read and reread, admired, and loved.
Laura Spence-Ash on Ploughshares
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