Ingrid Rojas Contreras (author of The Man Who Could Move Clouds) reviews The Human Origins of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts for The New York Times. She writes, “In Soraya Palmer’s debut novel, two sisters find solace and salvation through enduring Black diasporic tales.” [Also see our previous post New Books: The Human Origins…
Soraya Palmer, who identifies as Trinidadian/Jamaican-American, published The Human Origins of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts in March 2023 (Catapult Books). [Excuse our delay in giving it the attention it deserves! We made a brief mention in our previous post, Books-about-hauntings-by-black-women-writers.] Daphne Palasi Andreades (author of Brown Girls) describes it: “Playful and deft, Palmer’s debut…
[Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention.] Soraya Palmer, author of The Human Origins of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts, recommends Black ghost stories in Electric Literature. The list includes novels and short stories by Soraya Palmer (Trinidadian/Jamaican-American), Tracy Baptiste (Trinidadian), Nalo Hopkinson (Jamaican-Canadian), and Maisy Card (Jamaican-American). A…
In Soraya Palmer’s debut novel, “The Human Origins of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts,” two sisters find solace and salvation through enduring Black diasporic tales.