I read “Happy Land” in grief, but also, I have to say, with hope. Tiphanie Yanique is a Townsend Prize nominee for her 2021 novel “Monster in the Middle. ...

Dolen Perkins-Valdez's latest novel, "Happy Land," explores land ownership through the generations. She shares her thoughts on land ownership and mental health, trauma, and more.

Her latest novel, “Happy Land,” about a real-life utopian community of emancipated Black people, called for a different approach.Viewed from one angle, the story of Luella, the elected queen ...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with author Dolen Perkins-Valdez about her novel "Happy Land." The book is inspired by the true story of a secret community of formerly enslaved people in the Appalachians.

The Happy Land fire happened on March 25, 1990, in the Bronx’s West Farms community. It was a horrific blaze , started by an arsonist, that took the lives of 87 innocent people who were ...

Bestselling author Dolen Perkins-Valdez has shared the cover of her latest book, 'Happy Land,' exclusively with PEOPLE. The new novel will hit shelves in April 2025.

Saturday marks 33 years since deadly Happy Land fire in the Bronx 00:27. NEW YORK-- Saturday marks 33 years since the deadly Happy Land fire in the Bronx that killed 87 people and injured dozens ...

Like the stones of Happy Land, schoolhouse, chimney, still standing on the once cleared land that's been reclaimed by brush and fallen trees. Dolen Perkins-Valdez: The land is still there.