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.
Hangman: A Novel
By Maya Binyam
A one-time political prisoner takes a surreal, mesmerizing journey back to Africa.
An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves.
What’s fueling this pernicious, illiberal fire?
The writer talks fission, scientific mysteries, and conserving a not-so-scary mummy.
Return to Valetto: A Novel
By Dominic Smith
A man seeks answers about his past — and a beloved Italian village’s role in WWII.
August Wilson: A Life
By Patti Hartigan
This biography’s brilliance approaches that of its subject.
Body Work
By Melissa Febos
There’s strength in telling your own story.
25 Million Sparks
By Andrew Leon Hanna
How three migrant women are cultivating a life in Jordan.
