Black Leopard, Red Wolf opens with the lines "The child is dead. There is nothing left to know" — a statement impressively belied by the book's subsequent 620 pages.

Surrounded by art depicting vibrant landscapes and black bodies, Marlon James discussed his latest novel, “Black Leopard, Red Wolf” with writer Roxane Gay at the Museum of African American Art ...

“Black Leopard, Red Wolf,” the first spectacular volume of a planned trilogy, rises up from the mists of time, glistening like viscera. James has spun an African fantasy as vibrant, ...