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New Books in African American Studies

Interviews with Scholars of African America about their New Books

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  1. Jarvis C. McInnis, "Afterlives of the Plantation: Plotting Agrarian Futures in the Global Black South" (Columbia UP, 2025)12 Aug 2026
  2. Christopher R. Rogers, "My City Need Something" (Common Notions, 2026)11 Aug 2026
  3. David N. Gellman, "Liberty’s Chain: Slavery, Abolition, and the Jay Family of New York" (Cornell UP, 2022)10 Aug 2026
  4. Edlie Wong, "Empire, Race, and Print Culture in the Black Pacific" (Cambridge UP, 2026)7 Aug 2026
  5. Blair L.M. Kelley, "Black Freedom: A Visual History of Juneteenth and Emancipation Days" (Black Dog & Leventhal, 2026)4 Aug 2026
  6. Kristen Tegtmeier Oertel, "Seeking Freedom in Indian Country: Slavery, Sovereignty, and Resistance Within the Five Tribes, 1790–1861" (LSU Press, 2026)3 Aug 2026
  7. Virginia McGee Richards, "The Inner Passage: An Untold Story of Black Resistance Along a Southern Waterway" (MIT Press, 2026)1 Aug 2026
  8. Grégory Pierrot, "Fantômes de la révolution noire: Une histoire culturelle transatlantique" (Ròt-Bò-Krik, 2026)24 Jul 2026
  9. Maria Pinto, "Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless: What Fungi Taught Me about Nourishment, Poison, Ecology, Hidden Histories, Zombies, and Black Survival" (UNC Press, 2026)21 Jul 2026
  10. Khiara Bridges, "Expecting Inequity: How the Maternal Health Crisis Affects Even the Wealthiest Black Americans" (MIT Press, 2026)19 Jul 2026