Christopher Louis Romaguera is an intern at Electric Literature. He has a monthly column at The Ploughshares Blog.
At Electric Lit he tagged
nine titles about mistaken identity, including:
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones is a story about how the carceral system in the United States is more about punishment than correction. Roy and Celestial are newlyweds, living as close to an American Dream in their American Marriage that is afforded to them, when through a case of mistaken identity, Roy is arrested. Despite their bond, and their individual strengths, Celestial and Roy’s marriage, love, and lives are pushed to the brink. This story shows that no matter how well individual people know each other, the system’s imprecision can ruin people.
Read about
the another entry on the list.
An American Marriage is among
Scarlett Harris's eight classic and contemporary novels, written by women, that offer insight into damaged male psyches,
Tochi Onyebuchi's seven books about surviving political & environmental disasters,
Ruth Reichl's six novels she enjoyed listening to while cooking,
Brad Parks's top eight books set in prisons,
Sara Shepard's six top stories of deception,and
Julia Dahl's ten top books about miscarriages of justice.
--Marshal Zeringue
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