A recap of the books we’ve spotlighted in the past few days.
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E. Ethelbert Miller to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award
By Melanie S. Hatter
Look what’s happening at the 2025 Washington Writers Conference!
You Can’t Kill a Man Because of the Books He Reads: Angelo Herndon’s Fight for Free Speech
By Brad Snyder
Why a 1930s Black activist could’ve gotten the chair.
Louie on the Rocks: A Novel
By Meredith O’Brien
A MAGA-obsessed widower grows increasingly unhinged.
The former journalist talks strong women, Prohibition, and tackling daunting topics.
Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly Enslaved People to Find Their Lost Families
By Judith Giesberg
Tragic accounts of seekers and the stolen.
Medgar & Myrlie
By Joy-Ann Reid
An appealing look at the civil-rights icons’ private lives.
The Night of the Storm
By Nishita Parekh
It’s hard to pull off “a dark and stormy night,” but this debut nails it.
You Can’t Handle the Truth!
By Mary Collins
A fact-checker’s lament.
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