Westerners: Mythmaking and Belonging on the American Frontier
Megan Kate Nelson
This richly layered portrait of the 19th-century frontier from historian Nelson (Saving Yellowstone) spotlights figures whose complex lives embody an era of “chaotic and Continue reading »
America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation’s Anniversaries
Eddie S Glaude
Bestseller Glaude (Begin Again) offers a forceful counternarrative to the official commemoration of America’s 250th anniversary by surveying the horrors attendant to some of the Continue reading »
Lost Worlds: How Humans Tried, Failed, Succeeded, and Built Our World
Anon138
Historian Wyman (The Verge) upends myths about the rise of civilization in this profound and enchanting study. He begins by noting that “in the last several decades, our grasp Continue reading »
Gather: Black Food, Nourishment, and the Art of Togetherness
Ashanté M Reese
In this phenomenal meditation on food’s role in Black history and culture, anthropologist Reese (Black Food Matters) shares guiding principles gleaned from Black social Continue reading »