The opening pages of Rob Franklin's debut novel, "Great Black Hope," take readers into the thick of late-night Hamptons debauchery. It's Labor Day weekend Out East, and the privileged ...

Great Black Hope centers around Smith, ... NATIVE SON: How did your cultural background and your personal experiences help to shape the voice and vision behind this book?

Fred Jones, executive producer, 1921: The Black Wall Street Music Project. (Photo courtesy of Fred and Shiphaney Jones) One hundred years ago, Tulsa, Oklahoma’s, Black community of Greenwood was ...

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In ‘Great Black Hope,’ Rob Franklin Explores Class, Race and the Dark Underbelly of New York Glamour in Bold Debut Novel Kristen Tauer Sun, May 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM UTC ...

Great Black Hope centers around Smith, a young Black gay man from an elite family in Atlanta living an upwardly mobile life in New York. But when his friend Elle dies mysteriously and Smith is ...