Understanding Randall Kenan

The first book-length study of the life and writings of the critically acclaimed Southern writer Randall Kenan is an American author best known for his novel A Visitation of Spirit s and his collection of stories Let the Dead Bury Their Dead, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, was a nominee for a Los Angeles Times Book Prize for fiction, and named a New York Time s Notable Book. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, as well as the Whiting Writers Award, Sh