The World Doesn't Require You: Stories Classics_Gift_Guide Born in Blackness is epic

Born in Blackness is epic history on the grand scale

An “engrossing

The disaster made it impossible to live in town

and by not talking to one another

Inspired by the majesty of nature all around us

The World Doesn't Require You: Stories Classics_Gift_Guide Born in Blackness is epicFinalist * PEN Jean Stein Book Award Longlisted * Aspen Words Literary Prize Best Books of the Year: Washington Post, NPR, Buzzfeed and Entropy Best Short Story Collections of the Year: Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, the New York Public Library, and Electric Literature Welcome to Cross River, Maryland, where Rion Amilcar Scott creates a mythical universe peopled by some of the most memorable characters in contemporary American fiction. Set in the