The Last Suspicious Holdout: StoriesThe thirteen gripping tales In The Last Suspicious Holdout, the new story collection by award winning author Ladee Hubbard, deftly chronicle poignant moments in the lives of an African American community located in a "sliver of southern suburbia." Spanning from 1992 to 2007, the stories represent a period during which the Black middle class expanded while stories of welfare Queens, crack babies, and super predators abounded in the media. In "False

When Alfonso wakes up in the afterlife

her only hope of reclaiming what is rightfully hers lies in a divine power hidden in the long-lost city of her ancestors

In the process

But even in a diverse art school

Much has been written about Berdis Baldwin's son James

we would all love better if we used it as a verb

And when the fate of everything hangs on a single

price and humility

mixed race

waitressing at Roscoe's and doing hair on the side

From discovering new ways to play when the playground is closed

and finds out that he looks just like him