"Redwood Court exquisitely paints a portrait of Black Southern life, and in her debut novel, DéLana R.A. Dameron meticulously orchestrates a leading cast of characters that leap right off of the pages of this book! In this coming-of-age novel, readers get a glimpse of life through the eyes of the family's youngest daughter. The writing is nuanced, succinct, and brilliant."--Essence

"Redwood Court is big in every way. It's a paean, a praise-song to this family, and others like them, spreading love and goodwill and community in a society that still sorely needs love and goodwill."--Southern Review of Books

"A blueprint for writing about complicated, nuanced people and places with dignity and grace . . . DéLana R. A. Dameron's relentless love for Columbia, South Carolina, is palpable, and her exquisite storytelling brings us a story of lineage and legacy from unforgettable characters who grab your heart and make you laugh, weep, and hope with them, and for them."--Renée Watson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Piecing Me Together

"A generously transportive novel, one that thoughtfully renders not only each of its characters but also the nuances of its geographies . . . The language within it echoes, feels familiar and warm. This book carried me to a joyful elsewhere."--Hanif Abdurraqib, author of National Book Award finalist A Little Devil in America

"A beautiful exploration of a family putting down roots despite the world being against them, and choosing to love one another--the broken parts and the whole--with every breath in their lungs and every beat of their enormous, powerful hearts . . . I found this family's story deeply moving."--Ann Napolitano, New York Times bestselling author of Hello Beautiful

"DéLana R. A. Dameron expertly weaves threads of grace, grit, and grief into a tapestry that captures the beauty of not just one particular family but family in general. This novel is a heartrending celebration of the ties that bind, and a poetic one at that."--Christine Pride, co-author of We Are Not Like Them

"Redwood Court is a beautiful and riveting novel of generational reckoning. DéLana Dameron offers with tenderness and a lyrical sensitivity, an insider's insight into the "big love" of the abundantly rich black southern life of tribe, community, and family."--Kwame Dawes, author of UnHistory

"The lives of several generations of a southern Black family are dramatized in interconnected stories in poet Dameron's captivating fiction debut."--Booklist