I reviewed Rachel Jamison Webster’s first book, Benjamin Banneker and Us: Eleven Generations of an American Family, for the Washington Post Book World. I appreciated the author’s intentional, thoughtful, and inclusive approach, and also had some hesitations and came away with some questions.
The Ancestor Trouble paperback is coming in June, and I love how much the design draws from the hardcover jacket while also making it new again. Thank you, Rachel Ake!
Ancestor Trouble is a finalist for the John Leonard Prize, for a first book in any genre.
My year in reading. Ancestor Trouble’s best of 2022 mentions. The solstice and The Work of Hope.