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Finalist for the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction

A groundbreaking debut collection portraying the lived experiences of Black Muslims grappling with faith, family, and freedom in America.

In Temple Folk, Black Muslims contemplate the convictions of their race, religion, economics, politics, and sexuality in America. The ten stories in…

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1 author picked Temple Folk as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

The stories invited me to look at the lives of black American Muslim women, a group I knew little about. The writing is very strong and the characterizations familiar, even though the situations are not commonly known.

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