“The Tradition” by Jericho Brown
The Weight by Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah
Lonely in America by Wendy S. Walters
Where Do We Go from Here? by Isabel Wilkerson
“The Dear Pledges of Our Love”: A Defense of Phillis Wheatley’s Husband by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
Cracking the Code by Jesmyn Ward
Queries of Unrest by Clint Smith
Blacker Than Thou by Kevin Young
Da Art of Storytellin’ (a Prequel) by Kiese Laymon
Black and Blue by Garnette Cadogan
The Condition of Black Life Is One of Mourning by Claudia Rankine
Know Your Rights! by Emily Raboteau
Composite Pops by Mitchell S. Jackson
Theories of Time and Space by Natasha Trethewey
This Far: Notes on Love and Revolution by Daniel José Older