Congratulations #RobFranklin!

#MedalForExcellenceInFiction #Fiction #2025BrattleboroLiteraryFestival #GreatBlackHope @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social @ala-booklist.bsky.social #2026LonglistSelection

Fiction and poetry writer #RobFranklin sits down with Josh to discuss his critically acclaimed novel, #GreatBlackHope. They talk about exploring respectability politics through the character, Smith, the tension between race and class in the justice system and tall privilege
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Summering in the Hamptons? Better Lawyer Up Franklin’s “Great Black Hope” delivers literary firepower; Burke’s “The Note” is a twisty legal thriller

📚 If your July 4 weekend involves the Hamptons, bad choices, or a bingeable legal drama, these page turners are for you!

⚖️ Both with lawyers you definitely want on speed dial.

(A repost of an earlier blog.)

#Booksky #GreatBlackHope
#TheNote

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Debut authors that are THIS good boggle my mind. I mean, how does one come out of the gate with this much? #greatblackhope #robfranklin #debutnovel

Don’t miss THE event with THE books of the summer next Wed. at @HSAnyc with #RobFranklin and #RoxaneGay ! Check out #GreatBlackHope which @VanityFair is calling “the Novel You’ll See by Every Hamptons Lounger This Summer.” RSVP: WithFriends.co/WordUp