Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks Novels in Verse but her ex-husband

but her ex-husband

come for dinner" is more than just an invitation to share a meal

For centuries

Some pay homage: Chocolate Sweet Potato Cake is an ode to the two foods that saved her mother's life after she fled North Korea

and fresh air

Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks Novels in Verse but her ex-husbandNATIONAL BESTSELLER A lyrical culinary journey that explores the hidden legacy of Black Appalachians, through powerful storytelling alongside nearly forty comforting recipes, from the former poet laureate of Kentucky. "With Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts, Crystal Wilkinson cements herself as one of the most dynamic book makers in our generation and a literary giant. Utter genius tastes like this." Kiese Laymon, author of the Carnegie Medal winning