Raps of Resistance: How Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole Reignited a Hip-Hop Tradition
By Jeremy C. McCool and Earl Hopkins
A persuasive case for the primacy of two singular artists.
We came, we read, we gushed.
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 August’s winners.
A look at what’s steaming up the shelves this month.
The Hunt
By Kelly J. Ford
The bard of Ozark crime fiction delivers another tale of corrosive small-town secrets.
Beatrice’s Last Smile: A New History of the Middle Ages
By Mark Gregory Pegg
A winning antiquarian primer for the rest of us.
An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves.
Kala: A Novel
By Colin Walsh
An Irish town harbors endless secrets in this sturdy, uneven debut.
An Interview with Pamela Petro
By Sally Shivnan
The memoirist talks Wales, untranslatable words, and castle walls that feel like sandpaper.
An outstanding exploration of artists as witnesses.
