{"product_id":"dominion","title":"Dominion","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"[Told] with ferocity and flair . . . Explosive.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--NPR\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Remarkable . . . This debut novel sing[s].\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Lauren Puckett-Pope, \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I stayed up into the hours . . . [ \n\u003ci\u003eDominion\u003c\/i\u003e] is heartbreaking and funny.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Xochitl Gonzalez, \u003ci\u003eThe Today Show\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eDominion \u003c\/i\u003emay remind readers of Zora Neale Hurston's work . . . [It effortlessly conveys] history, personality and desire.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--John Brandon, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Delicious.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Nora Biette-Timmons, \u003ci\u003eJezebel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"One hell of a novel . . . [It] will grab you in the gut and hold you there . . . Absolutely outstanding.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Roxane Gay, author of \u003ci\u003eOpinions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Extraordinary . . . A soaring, yet intimate novel exploring how shame and secrets control and stifle our humanity . . . [and] illuminating a different, freer path forward.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Denne Michele Norris, \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Hilarious and heartbreaking, touching and terrifying--made all the more thrilling by the knowledge that you're reading only the first novel by an audacious Southern genius.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--C. Morgan Babst, \u003ci\u003eGarden \u0026amp; Gun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Utterly assured . . . [It] simply crackles.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Brittany Allen, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Fantastic . . . A perfect capsule of real life.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Sarah Gregg, NPR\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"A stellar Southern drama of secrets and sin . . . This Faulknerian, God-troubled novel is an earthly scorcher.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Soaring . . . Stunning.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Beautiful . . . Propulsive . . . [An] excellent debut.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Clint Smith, author of \u003ci\u003eHow the Word Is Passed\u003c\/i\u003e (on Instagram)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"The kind of book people will be talking about for a long time to come.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBookBrowse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"A powerful cultural analysis of masculinity, sexuality, and spirituality.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBookPage \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Fresh and surprising . . . A winning debut.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"A wise, sophisticated, and impressively crafted novel of secrets, longing, and strength.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Angela Flournoy, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Wilderness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"This is the rarest and finest kind of storytelling . . . [and] the most audacious artistry . . . My god, we are lucky.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Kiese Laymon, author of \u003ci\u003eHeavy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"It's rare that a debut author produces a work of such tenderness and ferocity, but that's what Addie E. Citchens has done in her unforgettable \n\u003ci\u003eDominion\u003c\/i\u003e.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Maurice Carlos Ruffin, author of \u003ci\u003eThe American Daughters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"I laughed and cried with and even prayed over these characters. I could not stop turning the pages . . . Addie E. Citchens is a world-changing writer.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Alexis Pauline Gumbs, author of \u003ci\u003eSurvival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"An unforgettable work of art . . . Incandescent.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Annell López, author of\u003ci\u003e I'll Give You a Reason\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Mississippi is a mystifying language. In \n\u003ci\u003eDominion\u003c\/i\u003e, Addie E. Citchens speaks it with a dazzling tongue. The book is at once ancestral and newborn, drunk with sugary grits beauty and sobering with a Black woman's truth.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Looka here, \n\u003ci\u003eDominion \u003c\/i\u003eis the Black-ass book we needed--from the collective storytelling to the language to the big love we have for one another. Addie E. Citchens tells stories like my aunts and uncles playing spades, toggling unexpectedly between subtlety and explosiveness, with a side of good ol' shit-talking and a deep knowing.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Steven Dunn, author of \u003ci\u003ePotted Meat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"A novel with a big cast, Dominion explores the lies and complicity of a Baptist church and the family that leads it-a philandering minister, a pill-popping first lady, and a favorite son whose fall will expose them all\"--\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAddie E. Citchens\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and lives in New Orleans. A graduate of Jackson State University, she studied in the Florida State University Creative Writing Program and the Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop. Her work has appeared in \n\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003e The Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the \n\u003ci\u003eOxford American\u003c\/i\u003e's \"Best of the South,\" Midnight \u0026amp; Indigo's speculative fiction anthology, and other publications. Her blues history work features prominently in \n\u003ci\u003eMississippi Folklife\u003c\/i\u003e, and she has been heard on \n\u003ci\u003eThe Mississippi Arts Hour\u003c\/i\u003e on Mississippi Public Broadcasting. She was the inaugural recipient of the Farrar, Straus and Giroux Writer's Fellowship, and her short story \"That Girl\" won the O. Henry Prize. \n\u003ci\u003eDominion\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShort-listed for the Women's Prize for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the PEN\/Faulkner Award for Fiction \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLong-listed for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize\u003cbr\u003eA Best Book of the Year: \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGarden \u0026amp; Gun\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDebutiful\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Must-Read: \u003ci\u003e New York\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJezebel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Southern Living\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Clarion Ledger\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSouthern Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBookBrowse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn Indies Introduce and Indie Next Pick\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Writer to Watch\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA finalist for the 2025\u003ci\u003e Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize's Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"A razor-sharp Southern family drama.\" --\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeople\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReverend Sabre Winfrey, Jr., shepherd of the Seven Seals Missionary Baptist Church, believes in God, his own privilege, and enterprise. He owns the barbershop and the radio station, and generally keeps an iron hand on every aspect of society in Dominion, Mississippi. He and his wife, Priscilla, have five boys; the youngest, Emanuel, is called Wonderboy--no one sings prettier, runs as fast, or turns as many heads. But Wonderboy, his father, and all the structures in place that keep them on top are not as righteous as they seem to be. And when Wonderboy is caught off guard by an encounter with a stranger, he finds himself confronted by questions he'd never imagined. His response sends shock waves through the entire community. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePriscilla and Diamond, two women who love these men, bear witness to their charms and bear the brunt of their choices. Through their eyes and their stories, \n\u003ci\u003eDominion \u003c\/i\u003eoffers an intricate, intimate view of how secrets control us, how shame stifles us, how silence implicates us, and how even love plays a role in the everyday violence and casual sins of the powerful. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA brilliantly crafted Black Southern family drama told with the captivating force, humor, and tenderness carried in the hearts of these women, Addie E. Citchens's \n\u003ci\u003eDominion \u003c\/i\u003ewrestles with the many brutal, sinister ways in which we are shaped by fear and patriarchy, and studies how we might yet choose to break free. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 04\/01\/2025 pg. 1 (EAN 9780374609337, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/16\/2025 (EAN 9780374609337, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 08\/01\/2025 (EAN 9780374609337, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 08\/15\/2025 (EAN 9780374609337, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/span\u003e 09\/12\/2025 (EAN 9780374609337, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eCitchens, Addie E\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAddie E. Citchens \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in the Mississippi Delta and lives in New Orleans. A graduate of Jackson State University, she studied at the Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop. Her work has appeared in \n\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the \n\u003ci\u003eOxford American\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eMidnight \u0026amp; Indigo\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003e Mississippi Folklife Magazine, \u003c\/i\u003eand other publications. She was the inaugural recipient of the Farrar, Straus and Giroux Writer's Fellowship, and her short story \"That Girl\" was an O. 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