A Terrible Intimacy: Interracial Life in the Slaveholding South
By Melvin Patrick Ely
The boundaries between the enslaved and the free were blurry but never invisible.
We love every piece we run. There are no winners or losers. But all kidding aside, here are June’s winners.
An Interview with John A. Jenkins
By Bert Brandenburg
The journalist talks Watergate, the Pentagon Papers, and the summer when everything came to a head.
Tali Girls
By Siamak Herawi; translated by Sara Khalili
Evil takes many shapes in this harrowing story of religious fundamentalism.
Black TV: Five Decades of Groundbreaking Television from Soul Train to Black-ish and Beyond
By Bethonie Butler
A stellar ode to some of entertainment’s true trailblazers.
Courting Controversy
By Wendy Besel Hahn
Teaching Uncle Tom’s Cabin in high school.
Everything Is Not Enough: A Novel
By Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström
Women of color face prejudice and patriarchy in majority-white Sweden.
The New Roman Empire: A History of Byzantium
By Anthony Kaldellis
An epic work of scholarship accessible to lay readers.
A Poison Like No Other
By Matt Simon
Can’t live with ‘em, can’t live without ‘em.
Now Is Not the Time to Panic
By Kevin Wilson
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Teens’ shake-up of their small town has lifelong repercussions.
The Sea Elephants: A Novel
By Shastri Akella
A queer Indian teen escapes to the theater in this earnest coming-of-age tale.
