- Published: 16 December 2025
- ISBN: 9798217007318
- Imprint: Knopf US
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 224
- RRP: $35.00
Beetlecreek
A Novel
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- Published: 16 December 2025
- ISBN: 9798217007318
- Imprint: Knopf US
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 224
- RRP: $35.00
"[A] quiet masterpiece." --Kirkus Reviews
“Demby’s troubled townsfolk of the West Virginia mining region foreshadow present dilemmas. The pressing and resisting social forces in this season of our discontent and the fatal paralysis of those of us unable or unwilling to act are clearly anticipated with the dependable second sight of a true artist.” --Arna Bontemps
“William Demby and his Beetlecreek are important examples of independent black intellectual ambition during an age of consensus.” --James C. Hall