Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks Poetry_Gift_Guide author of the award-winning baking

author of the award-winning baking book Mooncakes and Milk Bread

doling out brutal punishments to those who displease her

Every cell in our bodies—bones

phone booths

this is Cooper’s story of learning to claim and defend space for himself and others like him

Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks Poetry_Gift_Guide author of the award-winning bakingNATIONAL BESTSELLER A lyrical culinary journey that explores the hidden legacy of Black Appalachians, through powerful storytelling alongside nearly forty comforting recipes, from the former poet laureate of Kentucky. With Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts, Crystal Wilkinson cements herself as one of the most dynamic book makers in our generation and a literary giant. Utter genius tastes like this.Kiese Laymon, author of the Carnegie Medal winning