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New Novel Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
The Right to Decide Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez considers a terrible injustice fueled by prejudice and good intentions By Sara Beth West, originally published April 13,…
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Memphis by Tara Stringfellow: A Tender, Honest Narrative
By Sara Beth West for Chapter16.org, originally published March 28, 2029 There are readers who claim that every great novel must have a map in the front.…
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The Two Souths: An Interview with Frye Gaillard and Cynthia Tucker
Frye Gaillard and Cynthia Tucker explain how Southern politics shaped the modern United States By Aram Goudsouzian for Chapter16.org, originally published March 28, 2022 “The South and…
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Double the Thrills: Mark Greaney’s New Gray Man Prequel
Double the Thrills Greaney serves up twice the action in a Gray Man prequel, Sierra Six By G. Robert Frazier, originally published February 17, 2022, on Chapter…
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Speaking Ida’s Truth for a New Generation: Interview with Michelle Duster
Michelle Duster writes a children’s book about her great-grandmother, Ida B. Wells By Julie Danielson, originally published on Chapter 16 on February10, 2022 The work of…
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Foot Soldier for Justice: Interview with Kathlyn J. Kirkwood
Kathlyn J. Kirkwood discusses her memoir for young readers on the making of MLK Day By Julie Danielson for Chapter16.org, originally published January 25, 2022 “I was…
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Called to the Water: A global fleet of stories about the deep
By Emily Choate for Chapter16.org originally published January 18, 2022 Trouble the Waters: Tales from the Deep Blue — a new anthology of speculative fiction co-edited by lauded…
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The Keys to a Better Life
Photographer Andrew Feiler documents the Rosenwald Schools of the Jim Crow South By Chris Moody, for Chapter16.org While researching his book, A Better Life for Their…
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Turning Back Evil
Hell on the Border continues the true story of a larger-than-life lawman By Michael Ray Taylor, for Chapter16.org In Follow the Angels, Follow the Doves, Sidney Thompson…
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