J. California Cooper

In this American Book Award-winning short story collection, J. California Cooper brings to life thirteen moving short stories that explore the threads and nuances of all kinds of love—whether romantic, familial, or friendship. Written in the literary folk tradition associated most often with Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes, Homemade Love draws a vivid picture of Black characters finding love...

With a transparent clarity and exuberant energy, award-winning author J. California Cooper brings to life the sweetness and bitterness of the lives of five Southern Black women experiencing loss. In her signature folk tale style, Cooper captures stories of families and fate, of love and marriage, of death and the triumph of the human spirit.