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gravel lit mag has published a new peek at Kalisha’s latest novel, SOLEMN, in an excerpt entitled "Expecting". The story follows a brave and strident girl fated to tragedy in her Mississippi trailer park, where the world around her begins to unravel after a child and woman’s disappearances.

Deep South Magazine has published a new peek at Kalisha’s latest novel, SOLEMN, in an excerpt entitled "Pearletta". The story follows a brave and strident girl fated to tragedy in her Mississippi trailer park, where the world around her begins to unravel after a child and woman’s disappearances. Kalisha appears alongside other authors in the magazine. Thank you for reading and supporting not only Kalisha’s work, but the magazine and other writers.

Hermeneutic Chaos has published a new peek at Kalisha’s latest novel, SOLEMN, in an excerpt entitled Solemn and the Hassles.

The story follows a brave and strident girl fated to tragedy in her Mississippi trailer park, where the world around her begins to unravel after a child and woman’s disappearances. Kalisha appears alongside other authors in the magazine. Thank you for reading and supporting not only Kalisha’s work, but the magazine and other writers.

pluck! Journal of Affrilachain Arts & Culture has published Kalisha’s story “The Pitchfork Game." The short story, from material generated for Kalisha’s upcoming novel SOLEMN, shows a mother’s discovery of her two daughters’ secret activities in their Southern woods. Kalisha appears alongside other authors in the journal. Thank you for reading and supporting not only Kalisha’s work, but the journal and other writers.

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Kalisha’s new novel SOLEMN (St. Martin's, 2016) is now available for pre-order on Amazon ahead of its May 3, 2016, release date.

About SOLEMN: Solemn Redvine is a precocious Mississippi girl who senses a nearby baby may be her half-sibling: the outcome of her father’s mistakes with a married woman who lives in their trailer park. After Solemn witnesses a man throw the baby down a community well, she struggles to understand the event, leaving her forever changed.

Solemn Goodreads page

You are invited to read an excerpt of Solemn HERE at St. Martin's Press/MacMillan's webpage for the book.

Also you may read later parts of the novel as "Expecting" on Gravel Literary Magazine and "Pearletta" in Deep South Magazine. Please do share with friends. Thank you.

RT Reviews said of Kalisha’s novel SOLEMN: “SOLEMN is beautifully written in lyrically beautiful, poetic language…the story starts off with a traumatic event that successfully weaves its tendrils throughout the rest of the book.”

Now, they have selected Elsie Lyon’s cover design for the book as one of their favorites for May 2016. You can vote for SOLEMN‘s cover at RT Reviews‘ website Here.

Author and professor Kim McLarin reviews SOLEMN for The Washington Post, writing: “Reading this story, I found it difficult (though ridiculously unfair) not to think of Toni Morrison’s first novel, “The Bluest Eye,” not only because “Solemn” is told in a similar, fragmented style but also because both center on young, black girls wounded by the actions of those closest to them.” You may read the full review in Wednesday’s Entertainment/Books section Here.

Thank you to all who entered Kalisha's novel giveaway for SOLEMN! Again, the winners are: Sarah Barnes, Vikki McCallister, Madeena Phelps, Maritza Baez, and Beverly Carp.

SOLEMN's publisher St. Martin's Press is giving away 5 more copies of the novel. To enter, visit the Giveaway page.

Readers in the NYC area can walk into The Mysterious Bookshop at 58 Warren Street to get a signed, first-edition SOLEMN. If you are not in the NYC area, you can still get one of their many autographed copies online...details below:

Kalisha Buckhanon - Solemn | The Mysterious Bookshop | Order Online Here