David J Troutt

The Price of Paradise: The Costs of Inequality and a Vision for a More Equitable America

Many American communities, especially the working and middle class, are facing chronic problems: fiscal stress, urban decline, environmental sprawl, failing schools, mass incarceration, political isolation, disproportionate foreclosures, and severe public health risks. InThe Price of Paradise, David...

The Monkey Suit, and Other Short Fiction on African Americans and Justice

"Rich and engaging" (Emerge) short stories on African Americans and the law in the tradition of Derrick Bell and Richard Wright. The Monkey Suit is David Dante Troutt's "impressive" debut (Kirkus Reviews), a collection of short stories inspired by historic legal cases involving African Americans in ...

The Importance of Being Dangerous

In the 1990s, as the Internet boomed and investments soared to unthinkable heights, many people were left with their feet planted firmly on the ground, looking enviously up at the more fortunate winners in life's game of roulette. This is the era in which we meet Sidarra, Griff, and Yakoob—hardworki...

The Monkey Suit: And Other Short Fiction on African Americans and Justice

Now in paperback, "rich and engaging" (Emerge) short stories on African Americans and the law in the tradition of Derrick Bell and Richard Wright. Now available in paperback, The Monkey Suit is David Dante Troutt's "impressive" debut (Kirkus Reviews), a collection of short stories inspired by histor...

Katrina's Imprint: Race and Vulnerability in America (Rutgers Studies on Race and Ethnicity)

Katrina's Imprint highlights the power of this sentinel American event and its continuing reverberations in contemporary politics, culture, and public policy. Published on the firth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the multidisciplinary volume reflects on how history, location, access to transporta...

After the Storm: Black Intellectuals Explore the Meaning of Hurricane Katrina

Now in paperback on the second anniversary of Katrina, one of the few books to offer the perspectives of African Americans on the Gulf Goast tragedy.Available for the first time in paperback after selling out its hardcover print run and being frequently named among the best of the Katrina books, Aft...

The Importance of Being Dangerous