Robert Jones, Jr.’s ‘The Prophets’ is a Stunning Debut of Queer Black Love


The Prophets is set on a plantation in antebellum Mississippi. Its main characters are Samuel and Isaiah, two enslaved Black men who work together in the barn caring for the farm animals. The two men fall in love, and their relationship sparks ire from both their white oppressors and their Black peers. But other people on the plantation find Samuel and Isaiah’s love inspiring and comforting in the middle of the unrelenting aridity of slavery. Ultimately, queer love leads to persecution, but also to rebellion, and unexpected shards of hope.
Sounds like one inspiring nigger book!
https://observer.com/2021/01/robert-...er-black-love/