Neighbors and Other Stories | Diane Oliver + Tayari Jones Trope Publishing Co. Up In Smoke has the

Up In Smoke has the highest of stakes and a tender love story at its core

and his superpower is the ability to explain to the masses in clear language the all-too-human forces at play behind the making of our laws

or will she become its new favorite meal

There’s just one thing that the two friends don’t know: George is a human

Tamar and Fayard have lived a thousand lives

Neighbors and Other Stories | Diane Oliver + Tayari Jones Trope Publishing Co. Up In Smoke has theA bold and haunting debut story collection that follows various characters as they navigate the day to day perils of Jim Crow racism from Diane Oliver, a missing figure in the canon of twentieth century African American literature, with an introduction by Tayari Jones A remarkable talent far ahead of her time, Diane Oliver died in 1966 at the age of 22, leaving behind these crisply told and often chilling tales that explore race and racism in 1950s