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.
An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves.
Counterweight: A Novel
By Djuna; translated by Anton Hur
Multiple characters and plotlines propel this futuristic Korean page-turner.
The Canadian talks bears, the magic of heights, and the freckles on his late father’s forearms.
A persuasive claim that Yankee feistiness was born across the pond.
Big new titles perfect for the littles.
The Lock-Up: A Novel
By John Banville
Familiar tropes are cast aside in this outstanding pseudo-whodunit.
After Steve
By Tripp Mickle
A fascinating peek behind the iCurtain.
Our Wives Under the Sea
By Julia Armfield
A woman struggles to make sense of her partner’s decline.
