(Paperback)

A brave, brilliant debut about the African-American experience in the American Midwest. A contemplation of race, masculinity, religion, and class, Testify in a very personal way confronts some of the most critical issues in today's society.

A book of elegiac ambivalence, Testify's speaker often finds himself

(Hardback)

Soundtracked with soul, disco, and funk hits from the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, the speaker of Testify returns in Trouble Funk to tell the story of how his parents met and fell in and out of love.