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.
An Interview with J.C. Hallman
By Laura Fisher Kaiser
The journalist’s new book chronicles the horrific treatment of enslaved women by the “father of gynecology.”
Big new titles perfect for the littles.
Big Fiction: How Conglomeration Changed the Publishing Industry and American Literature
By Dan Sinykin
What does consolidation at the top mean for readers?
Unnatural Creatures
By Kris Waldherr
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This riveting tale takes a fresh look at the overshadowed Shelley heroines.
Listen, World!
By Julia Scheeres and Allison Gilbert
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Meet an early-20th-century feminist who blazed her own trail.
We Have Always Been Who We Are
By Sofia T. Romero
Magical realism highlights the absurdities of life in this not-quite-cohesive collection.
Enjoy this Grateful American™ reading recommendation!
The Future Future: A Novel
By Adam Thirlwell
This genre-spanning story will delight trippy-tale lovers.
