Winner of the 2016 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer's AwardAt seventy-two, Johnny Ribkins shouldn’t have such problems: He’s got one week to come up with the money he stole from his mobster boss or it’s c
"Ladee Hubbard's voice is a welcome original." -Mary GaitskillThe acclaimed author of The Talented Ribkins deconstructs painful African American stereotypes and offers a fresh and searing critique on
“For sheer reading pleasure Ladee Hubbard’s original and wildly inventive novel is in a class by itself.” —Toni Morrison “The Talented Ribkins is a charming and deli
