Payback Format:Paperback below a federal building in

below a federal building in New York City

bonding over grief and bubble tea

After a tragic death mars the town

the more his suspicions turn to trust—and intense desire

It's 1976 and Jamaica is on fire

Payback Format:Paperback below a federal building inWorld War II ended less than 10 years ago, and the Korean War less than one. But no one has recovered from wartime privations, especially the Colored soldiers who fought a ruthless enemy on foreign lands, expecting to return home with all the rights and privileges of American citizenship. But those rights and privileges remain few and far between, and Mickelburys cast of characters find themselves reflecting on the Harlem they call home: they are