Standalone Novels
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Stories from the Tenants Downstairs | 2022 | Buy |
Sidik Fofana is a New York City writer whose debut book, Stories from the Tenants Downstairs (2022), collects linked short stories set in a Harlem housing project. Each story follows a different tenant, building a portrait of life in public housing through the perspectives of the people who live there.
The book was well received for its grounded, unsentimental portrayal of its characters and setting. Fofana draws on his own New York City background to write about the daily realities of life in communities that are often reduced to statistics in public discourse.