"Isaac's Song is a beautiful, all-consuming novel about the complex relationships between fathers and queer sons, loss, grief, identity, friendship and love. I will read anything Black writes."--De'Shawn Winslow, award-winning author of In West Mills and Decent People "A heartbreaking journey that grips and holds you to the bitter end like a weighted blanket, reminding me of the lyrics from a gospel song, 'We Fall Down but We Get Up,' and try again."--Sanderia Faye, author of Mourner's Bench "As Isaac's story unfolds, his song moves from its roots in pain, fury, and yearning and leads him toward knowledge, forgiveness, and a love of self that liberates as it lifts. This book is balm and tonic, impetus and light."--Jabari Asim, New York Times Notable author of Yonder "Isaac's Song is not just a novel; it is an intimately personal story buried inside a multi-generational saga. It is a detailed account of a journey of self-discovery and a collective oral history. Dr.

Daniel Black beautifully chronicles one man's heroic quest to find the source of his generational trauma, a cure for his pain, and ultimately, himself."--Michael Harriot, New York Times bestselling author of Black AF History "Isaac's Song is the lullaby we all need and the healing balm for generations to come. Isaac's life journey detangles with precise and mesmerizing language. Passages seem to melt together in a luscious, page-turning reading experience that one must consciously slow down to fully absorb. This riveting and important novel offers as its refrain one of life's greatest lessons: true freedom and liberation can only be achieved through unadulterated self-love."--Joyce White, author of Ecology, Spirituality, and Cosmology in Edwidge Danticat.