Preserving, acknowledging the American history that most won't find in history books
RELATED: What you need to know about the origins of Black History Month As the late poet Maya Angelou once said, "You can't ...
The Outsider Who Captured American Loneliness
The Finnish writer Tove Jansson returned from a U.S. trip with a new perspective on home—and an enduring novel.
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20 Must-Read Books For Every African American
Every African American should read—or reread—this list of 20 books that amplify the voices that shaped our collective consciousness.
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Your Reading List for Black History Month and Forever
Black books are being banned left and right ... that most others ignore and offers even more insight into Black American culture—the beauty and the pain, the sorrow and the joy.
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The Most Anticipated Nonfiction Books of Winter 2025
The book was initially released in France ... to give a clearer picture of the enigmatic man whose influence on American pop culture really can’t be overstated. No Fault: A Memoir of Romance ...
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When the Pursuit of Happiness Becomes the Flight from Pain
As I read Cowen — and compared his findings with other indispensable books about modern American culture (books like Robert Putnam’s Our Kids and Charles Murray’s Coming Apart), it became ...
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American Studies
The object of inquiry in American studies is culture—usefully defined as a society’s “whole way of life”—the sum of the ways a society and its subjects at once understand and remake the world. Taking ...