I'll Give You a Reason: Stories

A shimmering debut story collection intimately exploring race, identity, and the pursuit of the American Dream.

The vibrant stories in I’ll Give You a Reason explore race, identity, connection, and belonging in the Ironbound, an immigrant neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey. A young widow goes on her first date since her husband’s death and finds herself hunting a bear in the woods with a near stranger. An unhap...