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Stop Sanctifying James Baldwin
His Humanity—Not His Holiness—Is What Made Him the Greatest Essayist in the English Language
Robert Lashley
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The Limits of Kendrick Lamar’s Modernism
Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers Sometimes Privileges Formal Innovation Over Human Beings
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What Amanda Gorman Owes the Reader (and What the Reader Owes Her)
Call Us What We Carry, Gorman’s first full-length book, will not satiate any of her social media critics. Nor can I call it a great collection.
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You Can’t Untangle Race from Class in America
And Other Truths from National Book Award Winner Stamped from the Beginning