On America
Our On America series brings writers, journalists, activists, and change-makers together to reflect on the critical issues of our times. Who are we and who are we becoming? How do the stories we tell shape who we are as a nation? Will we rise to the challenges we face?
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On America: Kendrick Lamar's Powerful Storytelling in Song with Marcus J. Moore and Touré
Award-winning music journalist Marcus J. Moore’s biography of Kendrick Lamar, rap superstar and “master of storytelling”... -
Calls to Remove: On Confederate Statues in America
Can America overcome the generational effects of 400 years of slavery when monuments honoring Confederate generals and slave traders still stand? -
On America: The Juvenile Injustice System
In the summer of 2020, the national conversation about police brutality shifted from talk of reform to talk of dismantling an inherently unjust and racist system
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On America: Writing and Reading the Environment
Featuring Kerri Arsenault, Meehan Crist, Bathsheba Demuth, John Freeman, Emily Raboteau, and Meera Subramanian. -
Joe Wilkins Presents Fall Back Down When I Die with Pam Houston and Luis Alberto Urrea
Shortlisted for the 2019 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, Fall Back Down When I Die explores issues of social disharmony, generational... -
Marie Mutsuki Mockett Presents American Harvest with Marlon James and Juston Wolgemuth
American Harvest by Marie Mutsuki Mockett is a beautifully written book about one woman’s experience across “the...
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Culture and Conflict: Exploration and Finding 'Home' in the Americas
Lauren Francis-Sharma and Tiphanie Yanique on Book of the Little Axe. -
DW Gibson on 14 Miles: Building the Border Wall with Luis Alberto Urrea
Journalist DW Gibson discussed his book 14 Miles: Building the Border Wall, which takes us to the ecosystem... -
Introducing… Gabriel Bump’s Everywhere You Don’t Belong with Kaitlyn Greenidge
Hilarious moments abruptly follow terrifying events in Gabriel Bump’s extraordinary debut Everywhere You Don’t Belong