Trouble the Water - Reviews

Winner of the Charles H. and N. Mildred Nilon Excellence in Minority Fiction Award

"Jordan 'squeezed the rough crossboards between his legs and took off on a wild, fast gallop' through this outstanding novel. The wild, wise, authentic voices move as fast as the visual landscapes… The outside, conversations on a porch, memories of old friends, humor and passion, a liquid 'more nourishing than blood' come inside and settle with the reader. This is a novel that holds a wild time in a good place."

-Gerald Vizenor

"Trouble the Water is a triumph of complexity contained in a simple story."

-Ronald Sukenick

"The history of this continent can be understood as pools of blood, buried in collective memory, in this particular instance in the rich red sands of the South. Melvin Dixon dives down into the stormy deep, carries on his back a family, all their names, even those unspoken because of their power to call into being. They return, restored. I am once again reminded never to underestimate the power of story to heal."

-Joy Harjo