Over and again in America, we've learned that the frightening changes that initially seemed to be permanent turned out to be temporary. To find hope in the aftermath of this month’s election , I don’t have to look any further than the notes I took for the two novels I’ve published since 2019. My debut novel, “ We Cast a Shadow ,” follows a Black man in a futuristic America trying to protect his son from those who want to destroy his Black body. “ The American Daughters ,” published this year,