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About Honorée
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.
Essays
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.
Poetry
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.
Novel
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.
Short Fiction
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.