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.
Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You: A Memoir
By Lucinda Williams
The famed singer turns her unflinching eye inward.
An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves.
An Interview with Sandra Worth
By Thais Carrion
The novelist talks Constantinople, historical veracity, and the allure of an ancient love triangle.
The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
By Michael Finkel
What happens when an aesthete turns fanatic?
Beware the Woman: A Novel
By Megan Abbott
Is a mom-to-be in genuine danger or slowly going crazy?
Jobs for Girls with Artistic Flair
By June Gervais
A queer, awkward teen longs to become a tattooist in 1980s New York.
Kalmann
By Joachim B. Schmidt; translated by Jamie Lee Searle
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Set in a remote fishing village, this whodunit has a surprising amount of heart.
The planet is crying out to us. Is it too late to listen?
