How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

As I take the time to sit back and look at 2022, the books I read, the books I’ve bought, and the goals I set, I’m also looking forward to 2023, to what I want the next year to look like and what I’d like to accomplish as a reader. 2022 was the first time […]

The weather might be frightful, but these books sure are delightful (and even sometimes frightful … we’re looking at you Road of Bones). So grab a book and lounge by the fire to travel on a haunted highway across the frozen tundra of Siberia, embark on a dangerous quest inspired by One Thousand and One […]

A travelogue, a history, a quest, a warning and a call for a reckoning that the history of slavery is the history of our country, central and defining to who we we were and who we are, individually and collectively. In powerfully lyrical prose, Clint Smith challenges us to really learn our history, listen to our legacies, understand the recollections that “remain in the marrow of our bones,” that travel through time and generations. A tour de force that will keep you engaged long past the last page. Keep reading to hear from Smith about what made him decide to write the book and the impact symbols have.

“We are not makers of history. We are made by history.” Martin Luther King, Jr. Books are opportunities to learn about new people, places, or events, and these nonfiction titles are a great starting point. We are lucky enough to live in a time during which we can learn about people who have fought for racial […]