First, she changed the conversation with CITIZEN: An American Lyric. Now, Claudia Rankine’s essay collection JUST US: An American Conversation has received FOUR starred reviews! “Touching on Beyoncé, blondness, skin lightening, and the inherent tensions in her own interracial marriage, Rankine once again opens a literary window into the Black experience, for those willing to […]
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Kirkus’s Most Anticipated Books of 2017 Thus Far
Kirkus Reviews shared their Most Anticipated Books of 2017 Thus Far, including these two Macmillan titles: TEARS WE CANNOT STOP by Michael Eric Dyson “The provocateur-scholar returns to the pulpit to deliver a hard-hitting sermon on the racial divide, directed specifically to a white congregation. The readership Dyson addresses may not fully be convinced, but […]