Let the Dead Bury Their Dead: And Other Stories

"Nothing short of a wonder-book."-New York Times Book Review

The story collection that hailed the arrival of an essential voice in southern literature-a sharp, rich exploration of what it means to poor, Black, and gay in the United States.

A three-year-old boy begins to deliver messages from dead relatives. A zombie uprising is led by an evil preacher. A woman is haunted by a child her husband may have drowned. A pig talks. The stories in Let the Dead Bury Their Dead embody the type of ficti...