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Burning

  • Dionne Irving
  • March 1, 2022
Oh yes, she knows about the holy trinity of colorism, good hair, and a banging body. She understands what she is for these white men, that she is the socially acceptable version of black womanhood...
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The Tragedy of Hope: Talking with Willa C. Richards

  • Alex Madison
  • August 18, 2021
Willa C. Richards discusses her debut novel, THE COMFORT OF MONSTERS.
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Community Destroyed, Memories Reconstructed: A Conversation with Vivian Gibson

  • Morgan Forde
  • October 21, 2020
Vivian Gibson discusses her debut memoir, THE LAST CHILDREN OF MILL CREEK.
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Suffragette City: The War of the Roses

  • Kelcey Parker Ervick
  • August 18, 2020
But Mama, why aren’t you dressed for the polls?
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Queering the Southern Gothic: A Conversation with Genevieve Hudson

  • Leni Zumas
  • August 12, 2020
Genevieve Hudson discusses her debut novel, BOYS OF ALABAMA.
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Bodies Are Not Metaphors: Talking with Brit Bennett

  • Greg Mania
  • June 3, 2020
Brit Bennett discusses her second novel, THE VANISHING HALF.
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Lay It Down Right: A Conversation with Mitchell S. Jackson

  • Nicole Treska
  • July 17, 2019
Mitchell S. Jackson discusses his newest book, SURVIVAL MATH.
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What We Inherit: Talking with Chanelle Benz

  • Crystal Hana Kim
  • June 24, 2019
Chanelle Benz discusses her debut novel, THE GONE DEAD.
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These Places Surround Me: Talking with Quintan Ana Wikswo

  • Sara Rauch
  • May 4, 2018
Quintan Ana Wikswo discusses her novel, A Long Curving Scar Where the Heart Should Be, delving into the facets of trauma, and her creative processes.
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The Lens Magnifies, the Mirror Reflects: What Photos from the Race War Show Us about Ourselves

  • Sarah T.
  • September 25, 2017
[Still photos] grab what otherwise might feel too foreign to understand.
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There Is Simply No Time for This: Whose Streets? and Civil Rights Cinema

  • Argun Ulgen
  • July 27, 2017
It is unlikely I will see the US justice system evolve toward an egalitarian ideal in my lifetime. But Whose Streets? does offer a clearly visible North Star.
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David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: 21 Poems That Shaped America (Pt. 15): “Southern History”

  • Brian Spears
  • July 4, 2017
We can’t hide from our history and we can’t pass it on to future generations.
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