Robert Lashley

Recent Articles

Stop Sanctifying James Baldwin

His Humanity—Not His Holiness—Is What Made Him the Greatest Essayist in the English Language

The Limits of Kendrick Lamar’s Modernism

Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers Sometimes Privileges Formal Innovation Over Human Beings

Books Dec 20 2:45 PM

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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Books Nov 29 4:00 AM

You Can't Untangle Race from Class in America

And Other Truths from National Book Award Winner Stamped from the Beginning