Everything is Necessary: A New Collection of Poetry
This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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Literature
Staging Habla de Negros: A New Book on Radical Black Performance in Early Modern Spain
This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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Harlem as Setting and Symbol
Examining Harlem’s long career as “setting and symbol” of African American and Diasporic life and culture, Race Capital?: Harlem as Setting
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On Richard Wright’s Hunger and Kiese Laymon’s Heavy
Richard Wright’s famous autobiography, Black Boy: A Record of Childhood and Youth (1945) was originally titled American Hunger. However, the
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Black Madness: A New Book About Blackness and Disability
This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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