Excerpt from Rick Perry: A Political Life
April 22, 2024
Rick Perry, the charming rancher, pilot, and politician from West Texas who was governor from 2000 to 2015, is one of the most important but polarizing figures in the state’s… READ MORE
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The Memoir You Cannot Miss
April 9, 2024
Announcing Loose of Earth: A Memoir Book Tour Dates | Praise | Audio Excerpts For anyone who has experienced the death of a parent, telling the story of that loss… READ MORE
Excerpt from A War of Colors by Nadine Sinno
April 2, 2024
Over the last two decades in Beirut, graffiti makers have engaged in a fierce “war of colors,” seeking to disrupt and transform the city’s physical and social spaces. In the… READ MORE
Read an excerpt from Emergent Quilombos
February 19, 2024
Known as Black Rome, Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, is a predominantly Black city. The local art, food, and dance are closely linked to the population’s African roots. Yet many Black… READ MORE
Read an excerpt from Black Feminist Constellations, edited by Christen A. Smith and Lorraine Leu
February 12, 2024
Black women in Latin America and the Caribbean suffer a triple erasure: as Black people, as women, and as non-English speakers in a global environment dominated by the Anglophone North…. READ MORE
Excerpt from Houston and the Permanence of Segregation by David Ponton III
February 1, 2024
To kick off Black History Month, we’re sharing an excerpt from David Ponton III’s much-anticipated book Houston and the Permanence of Segregation: An Afropessimist Approach to Urban History, a history… READ MORE
A Look Inside Borrowed Time by Dennis Carlyle Darling
January 25, 2024
This week the world observes Holocaust Remembrance Day. The date marks the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau by Soviet troops on January,… READ MORE
Read an excerpt from Portable Postsocialisms by Paloma Duong
January 11, 2024
A groundbreaking cultural interpretation of Cuban postsocialism Paloma Duong’s book Portable Postsocialisms: New Cuban Mediascapes after the End of History is a study of Cuban culture and media in the twenty-first… READ MORE
Read an excerpt from The City Aroused by Damon Scott
December 26, 2023
Damon Scott’s book The City Aroused is a lively history of urban development and its influence on queer political identity in postwar San Francisco. By reconstructing the planning and queer history… READ MORE
Read an excerpt from Why Willie Mae Thornton Matters
October 18, 2023
We’re thrilled that Lynnée Denise’s book Why Willie Mae Thornton Matters has been featured by some incredible outlets as a recommended read! The Millions included it on their “Most Anticipated:… READ MORE
