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Stories That Change How We See The World
Dawn Reno Langley has spent a lifetime giving voice to the stories that matter across 30+ books, from award-winning novels to spiritual explorations, from children’s tales to unflinching essays on justice and identity.
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August 2026
The Sunflower: Book Two, The Art of Rivers
by Dawn Reno Langley
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In the heart of 1960s Mississippi, where every act of courage risks everything, a Black police officer and his White wife dare to love and to hope in the shadow of segregation. “The Sunflower” by Dawn Reno Langley follows Graham Jackson and Beth as they navigate a world hostile to their union, facing threats from the Ku Klux Klan, community scorn, and the looming danger that follows every step. When Beth discovers she is pregnant, their fears intensify, yet so does their determination to build a better life for their child.
As Beth finds solace and purpose in teaching art to a gifted student, and Senator Kennedy himself calls upon Graham to help shape the course of history, the couple is drawn deeper into the struggle for justice. Tragedy, loss, and unexpected kinship force them to make a heartrending decision: escape the only home they’ve known for the promise of a safer future.
In rocking chairs on the other side of the porch, several middle-aged women shucked peas into large tin pots cradled in their laps like precious babies. They alternately yelled at the kids, then turned to each other, talking in a series of broken sentences and code words that Graham struggled to recognize.
311 Pages
English
August 10, 2026
Kindle Edition
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Thirty books spanning novels, nonfiction, children’s literature, spiritual explorations, and art criticism.
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Dawn Reno Langley
- Novelist
- Essayist
- Scholar
- Educator
“I was in third grade when my essay questioning the possibility of a nuclear strike on American soil ran in our local newspaper. Looking back, I suppose I’ve always been drawn to the questions no one else wanted to ask.”
At nine years old, Dawn Reno Langley published her first piece an essay questioning the likelihood of an attack on American soil during the Cuban Missile Crisis. It ran in her local newspaper. She hasn’t stopped writing since.
A Fulbright Scholar with an MFA in Fiction from Vermont College and a PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies, Dawn has published more than thirty books: novels that center on social justice, spiritual explorations of the divine feminine, nonfiction on Native American and African American art, and award-winning essays in The Missouri Review, Hunger Mountain, and Superstition Review.
Her TEDx talk on creativity and purpose has reached audiences worldwide. When she’s not writing from her home near the North Carolina coast, she’s traveling to Kenya, Thailand, Paris, Islamabad, Venice because every story begins with a place.
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