The short stories in Friday Black , by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, who was just named one of the five-under-35 authors to watch by the National Book Foundation, are wholly original in their depiction of what it feels like to be young and black in America. In the title story, “Friday Black,” Ice King, working in a box store, is determined to win the prized coat by selling the most of a fleece vest on Black Friday to customers stomping on each other to get to the bargains. In contrast, an affluent