Book Riot ' Our Most Anticipated Releases of 2021Ms. Magazine ' January 2021 Reads for the Rest of Us The Rib King is an unsparing examination of America's fascination with black iconography and exploitation that redefines African American stereotypes in literature. In this powerful, disturbing, and timely novel, Ladee Hubbard reveals who people actually are, and most importantly, who and what they are not.