A Best Book of the Year The New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, Los Angeles Times, Oprah Daily, Elle, The Boston Globe, Kirkus Reviews, Book Page, Electric Literature, Library Journal, Commonweal Magazine A Finalist for the Pen/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the Words Literary Prize, and the Kirkus Prize Long-listed for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize, the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, and the Story Prize A Must-Read The New York Times, New York, The Guardian, Los Angeles Times, Today Show, The Boston Globe, Shondaland, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Chicago Review of Books, Essence, Literary Hub, The Millions, The Root Exhilarating Brinkley is a writer whose versatility knows no boundaries . A gift of the highest quality. Mateo Askaripour, The New York Times Book Review From National Book Award finalist Jamel Brinkley, Witness is an elegant, insistent narrative of actions taken and not taken. What does it mean to really see the world around you to bear witness And what does it cost us, both to see and not to see In these ten stories, each set in the changing landscapes of contemporary New York City, a range of characters from children to.