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2026 Nominated

Model Home

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

In Model Home, Rivers Solomon turns the haunted-house story on its head, unearthing the dark legacies of segregation and racism in the suburban American South. Unbridled, raw, and daring, Model Home is the story of secret histories uncovered, and of a queer family battling for their right to live, grieve, and heal amid the terrors of contemporary American life.

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Rivers
Solomon

Rivers Solomon writes about life in the margins, where they’re much at home. Their work has appeared in The Paris Review, The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, The Best American Short Stories, and other publications. They are the author of An Unkindness of Ghosts, The Deep, and Sorrowland. A refugee of the transatlantic slave trade, Solomon was born on Turtle Island. They currently live in the United Kingdom.

Rivers Solomon writes about life in the margins, where they’re much at home. Their work has appeared in The Paris Review, The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, The Best American Short Stories, and other publications. They are the author of An Unkindness of Ghosts, The Deep, and Sorrowland. A refugee of the transatlantic slave trade, Solomon was born on Turtle Island. They currently live in the United Kingdom.

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NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS

Using the haunted house mythos as their framework, Rivers Solomon explores generational trauma and respectability politics in Model Home. Unflinching in its portrayal of Black horror, Model Home dares readers to face and reckon with the monsters society has created. (Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Date published
01/10/2024
Country
United States
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