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.
Crook Manifesto: A Novel
By Colson Whitehead
Harlem Shuffle’s Ray Carney is back, and this time, he brought friends.
An Interview with Mary Kay Zuravleff
By Therese Droste
The novelist talks family history, Old Believers, and Russian cabbage rolls.
The Parrot and the Igloo: Climate and the Science of Denial
By David Lipsky
An entertaining look at a maddening topic.
I Am the Culture
By Dominic McDonald
Finding my place in the DC poetry community.
O Say Can You Hear?
By Mark Clague
A captivating chronicle of America’s song.
My Place in the Sun
By George Stevens Jr.
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Meet a fortunate son genuinely grateful for his luck.
Loot: A Novel
By Tania James
A delightful romp of a tale, with ideas big enough to sink a tiger’s teeth into.
Exposing the unhealthy truth behind the clothes we wear.
