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What happens if we turn to James Baldwin, not just for the amazing quotations and excellent photos, but as a critical theorist? What if we read his nonfiction philosophically? What can Baldwin help us understand and do now? In So Unimaginable a Price... more

A superstar in both football and track and field Sol Butler pioneered the parlaying of sports fame into business prosperity. In Sol Butler: An Olympian's Odyssey through Jim Crow America (U Illinois Press, 2026) Brian Hallstoos tells the story of a ... more

Settler Colonialism is the Disaster: A Critique of New Orleans After Hurricane Katrina and During the COVID-19 Pandemic (U Illinois Press, 2026) is the new book from Dr. Cassandra Shepard, Assistant Professor in the Department of African American an... more

In this masterful, groundbreaking work Fear and Fury: The Reagan Eighties, the Bernie Goetz Shootings, and the Rebirth of White Rage (Pantheon, 2026), Pulitzer Prize-winning author Heather Ann Thompson shines surprising new light on an infamous 1984... more

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Recent Guests

Dr. Cassandra Shepard
Assistant professor in the Department of African American and Diaspora Studies at Xavier University of Louisiana.
Xavier University of Louisiana
Episode: Cassandra Shepard, "Settler Colonialism is the Disaster: A Critique of New Orleans After Hurricane Katrina and During the COVID-19 Pandemic" (U Illinois Press, 2026)
Heather Thompson
Historian and author of Fear and Fury, focusing on racial violence and its historical context in America.
Pantheon Press
Episode: Heather Ann Thompson, "Fear and Fury: The Reagan Eighties, the Bernie Goetz Shootings, and the Rebirth of White Rage" (Pantheon, 2026)
Dr. Nicholas Boggs
Author of Baldwin, A Love Story
FSG
Episode: Nicholas Boggs, "Baldwin: A Love Story" (FSG, 2025)
Ian Smith
Professor of English at the University of Southern California, author of Black Shakespeare
University of Southern California
Episode: Ian Smith, "Black Shakespeare: Reading and Misreading Race" (Cambridge UP, 2022)
Danielle Boaz
Associate Professor of Africana Studies, Author
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Episode: Danielle N. Boaz, "Voodoo: The History of a Racial Slur" (Oxford UP, 2023)
Suraj Yengde
India's first Dalit PhD holder from an African University.
Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania
Episode: The Caste Question with Suraj Yengde and Anupama Rao
Anupama Rao
Professor of History at Columbia University and convener of Columbia's Ambedkar Initiative.
Columbia University
Episode: The Caste Question with Suraj Yengde and Anupama Rao
Blair LM Kelley
Historian and author, focusing on Black labor and rights
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Episode: Blair Kelley, "Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class" (LIveright, 2023)
Emile Suotonye DeWeaver
Author of Ghost in the Criminal Justice Machine, Reform, White Supremacy, and an Abolitionist Future.
Episode: Ghost in the Criminal Justice Machine

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Sullivan Summer
Host of New Books in African American Studies, with a focus on fostering discussions about African American literature and culture.

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4.6 out of 5 stars from 209 ratings
  • They always feature my fav scholars and thinkers

    Anytime I’m looking to learn more about a new author that I️ come across, chances are, they’ve already been interviewed by you all!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    @bodegaautumn
    United States10 months ago
  • Varied and interesting

    So many excellent authors discuss their books on this podcast that I wouldn’t have found out about otherwise. Thank you for this great channel of information!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Sol na Laje
    United Kingdom2 years ago
  • Host needs moderation work

    First, honor and excitement for this podcast — Listened to the “Silencing the Past” Trouillot episode which brought together some stellar scholars to a round table to discuss the impact of the text in our recent years, in and following 2020. Interspersed between scholars’ remarks about the text or social events, McNeil might chime in, “that’s really interesting” or “wow, that’s incredible” or but added so very little in the way of building, or drawing connections between ideas, I found myself sk... more

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    4
    technique over topics
    United States3 years ago
  • Really

    Are there African Americans who write books on African American history? Really!?!? Do better or end this.

    Apple Podcasts
    1
    Clone B.
    United States3 years ago
  • 15 January 2023

    Very informative, thank you.

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    United States3 years ago

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Garrett Felber, "A Continuous Struggle: The Revolutionary Life of Martin Sostre" (AK Press, 2025)
Q: What lessons does Felber hope readers take from Sostre's life?
Felber hopes readers will recognize the dynamism of struggle and the various entry points into activism, as well as a sense of revolutionary optimism.
Garrett Felber, "A Continuous Struggle: The Revolutionary Life of Martin Sostre" (AK Press, 2025)
Q: What significant role did Sostre's bookstore play in Buffalo?
The bookstore served as a center for political education and activism, connecting diverse communities in Buffalo's radical movement.
Garrett Felber, "A Continuous Struggle: The Revolutionary Life of Martin Sostre" (AK Press, 2025)
Q: How did Sostre's experience in the military influence his political outlook?
His role as a Black military police officer during Jim Crow shaped his critique of policing and systemic oppression.
Garrett Felber, "A Continuous Struggle: The Revolutionary Life of Martin Sostre" (AK Press, 2025)
Q: What does the title 'A Continuous Struggle' reflect about Martin Sostre's life?
It captures the multifaceted nature of his struggles and the idea that they were ongoing, whether he was inside or outside of prison.
Nicholas Boggs, "Baldwin: A Love Story" (FSG, 2025)
Q: What do you think Baldwin was really longing for in his loneliness?
He sought deep connections and bonds, yet felt the tension between his need for solitude as a creative space and the regret associated with of loneliness.

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