The New York Times-bestselling, National Book Award-nominated author of The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois and The Age of Phillis makes her nonfiction debut with this personal and thought-provoking work that explores the journeys and possibilities of Black women throughout American history and in contemporary times.
A Publishers Weekly 'Most Anticipated' —
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Deftly moving between sharp critique and an intimate, confessional tone, this astonishes.”
“In lucid, unwavering prose, Jeffers traces a lineage of Black womanhood in the United States.”
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
For over twenty years, I’ve been lifting my voice on issues of black culture, racism, American history, and gender through the medium of writing.
In her nonfiction debut, Misbehaving at the Crossroads, Honorée charts personal, cultural, and historical journeys through a powerful collection of essays and other writings that explore the complexities in Black women’s public lives and her own private life.
The Age of Phillis, Honorée’s NAACP Image Award-winning book of poetry, imagines the life and times of Phillis Wheatley Peters, the 18th-century poet who was the first African American woman to publish a book.
Honorée’s first novel, the instant New York Times bestseller and Oprah’s Book Club pick, The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois, is a coming-of-age journey and a multi-generational cultural saga. At the heart of the story is Ailey Pearl Garfield, a young Black woman from a family of multi-racial ancestors in rural Georgia.
Honoree’s short story collection A Simple Promised Land returns to Chicasetta, the cherished location of Love Songs, and is scheduled for publication in 2026.