Authors:

  • Danielle Evans
Cover of The Office of Historical Corrections: A Novella and Stories

Danielle Evans is widely acclaimed for her blisteringly smart voice and x-ray insights into the complex human relationships. With The Office of Historical Corrections, Evans zooms in on particular moments and relationships in her characters lives in a way that allows them to speak to larger issues of race, culture, and history. She introduces us to Black and multi-racial characters who are experiencing the universal confusions of lust and love, and getting walloped by grief--all while exploring how history haunts us, personally and collectively. Ultimately, she provokes us to think about the truths of American history - about who gets to tell them, and the cost of setting the record straight. In ‘Boys Go to Jupiter, a white college student tries to reinvent herself after a photo of her in a confederate flag bikini goes viral. In ‘Richard of York Gave Battle in Vain,’ a photojournalist is forced to confront her own losses while attending an old friends unexpectedly dramatic wedding. And in the eye-opening title novella, a Black scholar from Washington DC is drawn into a complex historical mystery that spans generations and puts her job, her love life, and her oldest friendship at risk.--Provided by publisher.

Citations

Evans, Danielle. The Office of Historical Corrections: A Novella and Stories. New York: Riverhead Books, 2020.