![]() ![]() This is true of Manhattan but even the outer boroughs, too, be it Flushing Meadows in Queens or Red Hook in Brooklyn. VICTOR LAVALLE: (Reading) People who move to New York always the same mistake. They started with a reading from the beginning of LaValle's new book. He spoke with FRESH AIR producer Sam Briger. LaValle's other books include "The Devil In Silver" and "Big Machine," which won the Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel in 2009. One of Lovecraft's most xenophobic stories "The Horror At Red Hook" is the jumping-off point for Lavalle's new book "The Ballad Of Black Tom." The book takes place in 1924 and follows the story of a young black man from Harlem named Tommy Tester as he negotiates racism, police brutality and cosmic terror. ![]() Lovecraft wrote stories for pulp magazines in the early 20th century but was largely unsuccessful and died young and penniless, achieving fame posthumously. ![]() Lovecraft, with all my conflicted feelings. LaValle's new novella is both a tribute to and criticism of H.P. It was only when he got older that LaValle recognized the racism in Lovecraft's fiction, poetry and letters, which particularly stung because LaValle is African-American. When writer Victor LaValle was growing up in Queens, he loved reading the horror stories of H.P. ![]()
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