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African Americans

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Heirlooms"

Cultures clash when a man bonds with his boyfriend's mother.

Bryan Washington New Yorker Aug 2020 25min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Sing, Unburied, Sing [Excerpt]"

Southern crimes and nightmares; an excerpt from Ward's latest novel.

Jesmyn Ward Buzzfeed Aug 2017 Permalink

John Edgar Wideman Against the World

Late in a career marked by both triumph and tragedy, the author has written a new book exploring the unsettling case of Emmett Till’s father — and the isolation of black men in America.

Thomas Chatterton Williams New York Times Magazine Jan 2017 20min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "The Ballad of Black Tom"

An excerpt from LaValle's novel about a black man in a Lovecraftian universe.

Victor LaValle Tor.com Jan 2016 15min Permalink

Politics

Coming to America

The difference between being African and being African-American.

Yahdon Israel The New Inquiry Aug 2015 15min Permalink