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NYC schoolteacher Fofana debuts with a short story collection set in Obama-era Harlem. Each of the eight stories centers on the life of a tenant living in the newly sold low-income apartment building, Banneker Terrace. Pressure to make rent is a stressor in the tenants' already challenging lives and a common thread running throughout. As the tenants know one another and make appearances in each other's stories, this collection begins to seem like a full-length narrative ra...Log In or Sign Up to Read More