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Robert Jones, Jr.

Biography

Robert Jones, Jr.

Robert Jones, Jr., was born and raised in New York City. He received his BFA in creative writing with honors and MFA in fiction from Brooklyn College. He has written for numerous publications, including The New York Times, The Paris Review, Essence, OkayAfrica, The Feminist Wire and The Grio. He is the creator of the social justice community Son of Baldwin, and was recently featured in T Magazine‘s cover story “Black Male Writers of Our Time.” THE PROPHETS is his debut novel.

Robert Jones, Jr.

Books by Robert Jones, Jr.

The Prophets
by Robert Jones, Jr. - Fiction, Historical Fiction

Isaiah was Samuel's and Samuel was Isaiah's. That was the way it was since the beginning, and the way it was to be until the end. In the barn they tended to the animals, but also to each other, transforming the hollowed-out shed into a place of human refuge, a source of intimacy and hope in a world ruled by vicious masters. But when an older man --- a fellow slave --- seeks to gain favor by preaching the master's gospel on the plantation, the enslaved begin to turn on their own. Isaiah and Samuel's love, which was once so simple, is seen as sinful and a clear danger to the plantation's harmony.