Joseph B. Kirsch Book order

In Hope Draped in Black Joseph R. Winters responds to the belief that America follows a constant trajectory of racial progress, using African American literature and film to construct an idea of hope that embraces melancholy in order to acknowledge and mourn America's traumatic history.

Tells of a distant island littered with rubies and gems, the lovable Richie Rockstein bids farewell to his family and heads to uncover Diamond Island.