Oakland writer Carvell Wallace travels to Elko, Nevada, for the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering and reflects on what it means to be black and American.
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Write the Book That Scares You Shitless: An Interview with Colson Whitehead
LitHub executive editor John Freeman’s interview with author Colson Whitehead, who this week won the National Book Award for The Underground Railroad. The two discuss the genesis of the book, the ridiculous notion that we entered a “post-racial” world after Barack Obama was elected, and the lingering relevance and effects of slavery.
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List
An Ode to Black Families: A Reading List
This narrative of the black family in America always been inadequate. It has never told the full story of what I know about black love.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
The Other People in Springfield
Imran Siddiquee considers the ways in which his identities — as a Bangladeshi-American and as a man — were shaped by growing up in the shadow of The Simpsons.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
The Other People in Springfield
Imran Siddiquee considers the ways in which his identities — as a Bangladeshi-American and as a man — were shaped by growing up in the shadow of The Simpsons.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story
‘Open Casket’ and the Question of Empathy
Did Dana Schutz’s painting engage with her subject, Emmett Till, ethically and responsibly?
Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Story
Bundyville Chapter Three: A Clan Not to Cross
A look into the Bundy family’s history reveals how they began to distrust the federal government. From nuclear testing programs in the 1950s to the decades-long Sagebrush Rebellion starting in the 1970s, Cliven Bundy came to believe that the government was out to get him and became emboldened to fight back.
Posted inBooks, Current Events, Story
Little Führers Everywhere
Vegas Tenhold spent six years covering the disorganized chaos of hate groups, and watched as they began to gather around a few media savvy voices.
Posted inStory, Travel
Is This the Most Crowded Island in the World? (And Why That Question Matters)
An amateur geographer travels to an undocumented island off the coast of Haiti after stumbling upon it on Google Earth.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
A Muslim, a Christian, and a Baby Named “God”
Rachel Pieh Jones, a Christian American living in Djibouti, reflects on her friendship with a Muslim woman there, and the more universal aspects of faith.
