![]() ![]() Woodson, who founded the Journal of Negro History, and even a cameo from W.E.B. Replete with historical figures, including a youthfully insouciant Langston Hughes, the unflappably paternal Carter G. ![]() ![]() But when young people in her orbit start becoming listless or disappearing, she is dragged into a sordid conspiracy that could wreak havoc in the mortal world and must fight for both the survival of her peers and her own freedom.Īuthor Leslye Penelope successfully blends a folkloric sense of the supernatural, derived from sources such as Ethiopia’s Kebra Nagast, with a Gatsby-esque vision of the Roaring ’20s in Washington, D.C’s ‘s African American community. Clara is all too aware of the severity of those costs: The only reason she has continued to act as spiritual go-between is to satisfy a compulsion from her own deal with an Enigma, made years ago. Clara was born with the ability to see and interact with Enigmas, making her highly sought after as a sort of broker between these dangerous spirits and the people who seek their help, costs be damned. The Monsters We Defy is a book about demons-or as Clara Johnson calls them, Enigmas. ![]()
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