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.
Mid-Air
By Victoria Shorr
An exquisite exploration of American life writ small.
Now Lila Knows
By Elizabeth Nunez
A Caribbean professor grapples with American-style racism.
A look at what’s steaming up the shelves this month.
Junk Shop Window: Essays on Myth, Life, and Literature
By James J. Patterson
A personable narrator guides this winning collection.
The Pain of Pleasure: A Novel
By Amy Grace Loyd
Eroticism ignites this seductive eco-thriller.
Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I: The Mother and Daughter Who Forever Changed British History
By Tracy Borman
How the formidable pair brought reform to England.
An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves.
The Moon Represents My Heart
By Pim Wangtechawat
Time-traveling immigrants explore their roots in this problematic debut.
