The Rib King

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By Ladee Hubbard ’93

Published Feb. 22, 2021

 The Rib King deconstructs African American stereotypes and offers a critique on race, class, privilege, ambition, exploitation, and the seeds of rage in America. In this historical novel, set in early the 20th-century, Hubbard centers the narrative around the black servants of a down-on-its-heels upper-class white family.

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