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This is our 200th episode! To celebrate the occasion, we've gone back in the vault for highlights from the ten most listened-to episodes of the past one hundred. So, that is episodes 101 through 199. Enjoy these top ten clips, and listen to the full episodes wherever you get your podcasts. We have included the episode numbers so you can more easily find them.Listen to the full episodes below:David W. Blight — The Legacy of Frederick Douglass (Ep. 111) Elie Mystal — Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution (Ep. 129) Comedy Writing Panel — Cristela Alonzo, Karen Chee, Peter Gwinn, Alexandra Petri & Peter Sagal (Ep. 125) Kim Michele Richardson — The Book Woman's Daughter (Ep. 105) Aaron Sorkin — To Kill A Mockingbird Play (Ep. 101) Leonard Moore — Teaching Black History to White People (Ep. 126) Ross Gay — Inciting Joy: Essays (Ep. 117) Joy Harjo & Marie Arana — U.S. Poet Laureate and Literary Director of the Library of Congress (Ep. 113) Imani Perry & Dawn Turner — South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation (Ep. 119) Ashley C. Ford & Eve L. Ewing — Somebody's Daughter: A Memoir (Ep. 130)AWM PODCAST NETWORK HOME

Rebecca and Tara celebrate Black History Month with their picks and TBR! Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle):  Fifteen Thousand Pieces by Gina Leola Woolsey Driving the Green Book: A Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance by Alvin Hall  The Last Slave Ship: The True Story of How Clotilda Was Found, Her Descendants, and an Extraordinary Reckoning by Ben Raines South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation by Imani Perry Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America by Michael Harriot Lies About Black People: How to Combat Racist Stereotypes and Why it Matters by Omekongo Dibinga Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts by Rebecca Hall; illustrated by Hugo Martínez Tara (@onabranchreads) Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice https://edenmillswritersfestival.ca/moon-of-the-turning-leaves/ In the Upper Country by Kai Thomas Dread Nation; Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland James; The Trees by Percival Everett The African Samurai by Craig Shreve Frying Plantain; River Mumma by Zalika Reid-Benta George and Rue by George Elliott Clarke 

Rebecca and Tara celebrate Non-Fiction November by sharing some of their highly anticipated non-fiction reads! Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle): A Promised Land by Barack Obama Skid Dogs by Emelia Symington-Fedy Misfit: Growing Up Awkward in the '80s by Gary Gulman Driving the Green Book: A Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance by Alvin Hall  Green Book (film) starring Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali The Last Slave Ship: The True Story of How Clotilda Was Found, Her Descendants, and and Extraordinary Reckoning by Ben Raines South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation by Imani Perry National Underground Railroad Freedom Center https://freedomcenter.org/ Tara (@onabranchreads): What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami The Wake: The Deadly Legacy of a Newfoundland Tsunami by Linden MacIntyre Invisible Boy: A Memoir of Self-Discovery by Harrison Mooney What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic BIrds by Jennifer Ackerman Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley Transister: Raising Twins in a Gender-Bending World by Kate Brookes Fifteen Thousand Pieces by Gina Leola Woolsey Canada Reads American Style is now an affiliate of Bookshop.org, where your purchases support local independent bookstores.  Our curated shop includes books discussed on the podcast.  When you purchase a book through our virtual bookshop, a portion of the sales benefits a local bookstore, as well as the podcast, which helps offset the costs of the show. 

Happy Juneteenth! Sam and Emma speak to Imani Perry, professor of African-American Studies at Princeton University, author of South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation, to discuss the history and legacy of Juneteenth, as well as the importance of its becoming a federal holiday. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on the DOJ's refusal to investigate 1/6, an impending government shutdown, the pace of global warming, Texas labor protections, and the rising flames of the Gas stove debate, also watching Charlie Kirk denounce the “segregationist holiday” of Juneteenth. Professor Imani Perry then dives into the background of what Juneteenth is, the importance of a celebration that understands the long processes of manumission and civil rights, and explores the holiday's similarly long journey from a local celebration to a federal holiday. Stepping back, Professor Perry walks Sam and Emma through the modern significance of Juneteenth amidst a consistent push toward an ahistorical lost cause ideology, and the necessity of using this day to educate and get people to readdress the practice of Democracy, before they wrap up by tackling the role of capitalism and neoliberal precarity in keeping white supremacy alive and well in the US' working class. And in the Fun Half: Sam and Emma discuss the Conservatives' sudden pivot to gas stove policy, Jesse Watters' genuinely inhumane comments about homelessness, and why the sudden conservative pivot towards homophobia is completely unsurprising and, in fact, completely representative of the GOP's entire strategy. They also dive into Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s appearance on Joe Rogan, parsing through the misinformation about ivermectin and vaccines, and discussing the fundamental problem with a “pharma-skeptical” stance that doesn't actually question the structure of big pharma. NYC Driver calls in to expand on Rogan's history with the wellness industry, Spencer from LA discusses the relationship between religion and progressive politics, and Ronald Raygun dives into the parallels between religious cults and the tactics of the wellness industry, plus, your call and IMs! Check out Imani's book here: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/south-to-america-imani-perry?variant=40425604120610 Follow Imani on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/imaniperry?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Become a member at JoinTheMajorityReport.com: https://fans.fm/majority/join Subscribe to the ESVN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/esvnshow Subscribe to the AMQuickie newsletter here: https://am-quickie.ghost.io/ Join the Majority Report Discord! http://majoritydiscord.com/ Get all your MR merch at our store: https://shop.majorityreportradio.com/ Get the free Majority Report App!: http://majority.fm/app Check out today's sponsors: Zippix Toothpicks: Ditch the cigarettes, ditch the vape and get some nicotine infused toothpicks at https://zippixtoothpicks.com/ today, and get 10% off your first order by using the code MAJORITY at checkout. Your lungs will be glad you did. Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @SamSeder @EmmaVigeland @MattBinder @MattLech @BF1nn @BradKAlsop Check out Matt's show, Left Reckoning, on Youtube, and subscribe on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leftreckoning Subscribe to Discourse Blog, a newsletter and website for progressive essays and related fun partly run by AM Quickie writer Jack Crosbie. https://discourseblog.com/ Check out Ava Raiza's music here! https://avaraiza.bandcamp.com/ The Majority Report with Sam Seder - https://majorityreportradio.com/

Imani Perry, professor of African American Studies at Princeton University and the author of books including South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation (Ecco, 2022) and Breathe: A Letter to My Sons (Beacon, 2019), reflects on the shootings of Ralph Yarl and Kaylin Gillis. Yarl, a Black teenager, was shot in the head and arm after ringing the doorbell of a white homeowner in Kansas City, Missouri. Gillis, a white 20-year-old, was killed after turning into the wrong driveway in Hebron, New York. → This Country Will Break Our Hearts Again

  After two separate shootings of young people, a Black man in Missouri and a white woman in New York, we explore 'stand your ground' laws, media fearmongering and race. On Today's Show:Imani Perry, professor of African American Studies at Princeton University and the author of books including South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation (Ecco, 2022) and Breathe: A Letter to My Sons (Beacon, 2019), reflects on the shootings of Ralph Yarl and Kaylin Gillis. Yarl, a Black teenager, was shot in the head and arm after ringing the doorbell of a white homeowner in Kansas City, Missouri. Gillis, a white 20-year-old, was killed after turning into the wrong driveway in Hebron, New York.

In conversation with Imani Perry Ilyon Woo is the author of The Great Divorce, the ''lively, well-written, and engrossing tale'' (The New York Times Book Review) of a young mother's five-year fight against her husband, the Shakers religious sect, and the norms of 19th century United States for her and her children's freedom. The recipient of a Whiting Creative Nonfiction Writing Grant and of fellowships from the American Antiquarian Society and the National Endowment for the Humanities, Woo has contributed writing to The Wall Street Journal and The Boston Globe. Her latest book recounts the remarkable true story of an enslaved husband and wife who posed as master and slave while trekking more than a 1,000 miles to freedom in mid-19th century United States. Imani Perry won the 2022 National Book Award for nonfiction for South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation. Her other books include, Vexy Thing: On Gender and Liberation, Breathe: A Letter to My Sons, and Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry. Perry is the Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies and faculty associate in the Program in Law and Public Affairs and Gender and Sexuality Studies at Princeton University. (recorded 1/19/2023)

Historian Howard Zinn would have turned 100 in 2022. His monumental work, A People's History of the United States, published in 1980, continues to have an impact today. For Zinn's' centennial we explore what made his model of history different with three guests who were influenced by his bottom-up approach: Anthony Arnove worked with Zinn throughout the latter part of his life, and wrote the introduction for the 35th-anniversary edition of Zinn's classic work; Jamaican poet, performer and writer Staceyann Chin performed in The People Speak, a documentary film based on A People's History; and Imani Perry, professor of African American Studies at Princeton University who just won the National Book Award for Nonfiction for her own bottom-up history: South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation. What lessons can we take from Howard Zinn's model of history for this time?The Laura Flanders Show is made possible by listeners like you!  We do not take advertising or government funding.  Please become a member today for as little as $3 a month.  Patreon supporters  receive early access to listen and download the full uncut conversation from our weekly show.Full research and reading list to further delve into the conversation is available here on Patreon in our posts. 

Happy New Year! Enjoy these interviews with some of our favorite authors from 2022: Imani Perry, professor of African American Studies at Princeton University, shares the insights she gleaned about U.S. history and culture from her travels in the South from South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation (Ecco, 2022), winner of the National Book Award for non-fiction. Siddhartha Mukherjee, physician and author of several books including The Emperor of All Maladies, The Gene, and his latest, The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human (Scribner, 2022), talks about his new book that explores the new world of cellular medicine. Peniel Joseph, Barbara Jordan Chair in Ethics and Political Values, founding director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy, professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin and the author of The Third Reconstruction: America's Struggle for Racial Justice in the Twenty-First Century (Basic Books, 2022), talks about his new book that argues that since 2008, America has been experiencing a new Reconstruction, equal to the period following the Civil War and to the mid-20th century civil rights movement. Lydia Millet, climate novelist and author of several books, including Dinosaurs: A Novel (W. W. Norton & Company, 2022), joins to talk about her new book and how to find hope amid existential dread brought on by climate change. Andy Borowitz, author, comedian, and creator of The New Yorker's “Borowitz Report,” a satirical news column, and the author of Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber (Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, 2022), talks about his new book that skewers politicians of the past 50 years plus shares humorous insights into some current politics.   These interviews were lightly edited for timing and rebroadcast; the original web versions are available here: Imani Perry's Journey Across the American South (Feb 4, 2022) Siddhartha Mukherjee on Medicine at the Cellular Level (Oct 28, 2022) Today's Reconstruction (Sep 6, 2022) A Climate Novelist on Hope and Dread (Oct 11, 2022) Andy Borowitz's 'Profiles in Ignorance' (Oct 26, 2022)  

Imani Perry is an Alabama native who eventually grew up in northern cities. And after becoming a professor of African American studies at Princeton, she thought it might be time to revisit the South to take another look. She joins host Krys Boyd to discuss her return to her Southern home with fresh eyes, weaving in the stories of the good-tempered with a darker history. Her book is called “South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation.”

Become a member this week and your donation will be matched up to $5,000 for our year end fundraiser!  We are forward thinking, lad free, independent media, thanks to you, our members!  Become a member by donating at LauraFlanders.orgShow Description: Historian Howard Zinn would have turned 100 in 2022. His monumental work, A People's History of the United States, published in 1980, continues to have an impact today. For Zinn's' centennial we explore what made his model of history different with three guests who were influenced by his bottom-up approach: Anthony Arnove worked with Zinn throughout the latter part of his life, and wrote the introduction for the 35th-anniversary edition of Zinn's classic work; Jamaican poet, performer and writer Staceyann Chin performed in The People Speak, a documentary film based on A People's History; and Imani Perry, professor of African American Studies at Princeton University who just won the National Book Award for Nonfiction for her own bottom-up history: South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation. What lessons can we take from Howard Zinn's model of history for this time?“. . . [Howard Zinn] was extremely clear on the importance of anti-racist education, so he would be absolutely in solidarity with people associated with critical race theory . . . who are just trying to do basic education about the history of racism . . .” - Anthony Arnove“This book is only beginning to uncover what really happened throughout history . . . a hundred years from now, new truths will come forward and be recorded in new ways. New enlightenments will come to us, and new truths will land on us in different ways.” - Staceyann Chin“Even as there are devastating events and all of this injustice, you actually can feel hopeful. That's incredibly important . . . that you give people a sense of possibility and a desire to invest in freedom.” - Imani PerryGuests:• Anthony Arnove: Editor, Voices of a People's History of the United States; Director, The People Speak; Editor, Director & Producer, Voices• Staceyann Chin: Poet, Performer, & Activist, The People Speak• Imani Perry: National Book Award Nonfiction, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation; Professor, African American Studies, Princeton University

We're gettin' down to the last few weeks of 2022. We hope your writing is going well and you're hitting all your goals. If not, hey, a new year is about to dawn, more pots of coffee will be brewed, and your notebooks, laptops, tablets, and post-it notes await your next brilliant thoughts. And, really, what better way to avoid your own writing at the end of the year than by reading other writers' work? Daniel Ford provides all the books you need with the best books of 2022! As an added bonus, several hosts from around the Writer's Bone Podcast Network share of their favorite reads from the past year, so if you get sick of Daniel's voice, don't worry, you've got some literary friends just around the corner. The list:  The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop by Jonathan Abrams The Fifth Act: America's End in Afghanistan by Elliot Ackerman Brave Like Mom by Monica Acker At Midnight edited by Dahlia Adler Kismet by Amina Akhtar I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writing Myself Home by Jami Attenberg Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place by Neema Avashia Atomic Anna by Rachel Barenbaum Good Grief: On Loving Pets, Here and Hereafter by E.B. Bartels The Mutual Friend by Carter Bays It Dies with You by Scott Blackburn Herrick's End by T.M. Blanchet The Lioness by Chris Bohjalian Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story by Bono Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original by Howard Bryant Rethinking Fandom: How to Beat the Sports-Industrial Complex at Its Own Game by Craig Calcaterra Beautiful Little Fools by Jillian Cantor The Family Chao by Lan Samantha Chang The Symmetry of Fish by Su Cho Don't Know Tough by Eli Cranor The Prince of Infinite Space by Giano Cromley Let Me Be Frank: A Book About Women Who Dressed Like Men to Do Shit They Weren't Supposed to Do by Tracy Dawson Wombat Said Come In by Carmen Agra Deedy and illustrated by Brian Lies Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad by Matthew F. Delmont Trust by Hernan Diaz The Philosophy of Modern Song by Bob Dylan If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery Cuba: An American History by Ada Ferrer Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional by Isaac Fitzgerald Real Bad Things by Kelly J. Ford Jimmy the King: Murder, Vice, and the Reign of a Dirty Cop by Gus Garcia-Roberts Like A Sister by Kellye Garrett Less Is Lost by Andrew Sean Greer The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty More Than You'll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez Free Love by Tessa Hadley Unlikely Animals by Annie Harnett Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks by Chris Herring The Secrets We Share by Edwin Hill Uphill: A Memoir by Jemele Hill Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho Hell and Back by Craig Johnson The Girls in Queens by Christine Kandic Torres His Masterly Pen: A Biography of Jefferson the Writer by Fred Kaplan Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks by Patrick Radden Keefe Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor by Kim Kelly What Meets the Eye by Alex Kenna Uncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless, Invisible War by Phil Klay The Last Confessions of Sylvia P. by Lee Kravetz Down and Out in Paradise: The Life of Anthony Bourdain by Charles Leerhsen Little Bat Up All Day by Brian Lies Seasonal Work: Stories by Laura Lippman Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel Heat 2 by Michael Mann and Meg Gardiner Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe by David Maraniss All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews Wahala by Nikki May Never Coming Home by Hannah Mary McKinnon Cherish Farrah by Bethany C. Morrow My Government Means to Kill Me by Rasheed Newson Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation by Maud Newton Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng Swing and a Hit: Nine Innings of What Baseball Taught Me by Paul O'Neill and Jack Curry How to Date a Flying Mexican: New and Collected Stories by Daniel A. Olivas Balloon Dog by Daniel Paisner Reservations for Six by Lindsey J. Palmer The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson by Jeff Pearlman Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation by Imani Perry The Maid by Nita Prose The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series by Jessica Radloff Blood Sugar by Sascha Rothchild A Touch of Moonlight by Yaffa S. Santos How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Michael Schur Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris Secret Identity by Alex Segura The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd Disappeared by Bonnar Spring The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir Night of the Living Rez: Stories by Morgan Talty Half Outlaw by Alex Temblador The Town of Babylon by Alejandro Varela After the Lights Go Out by John Vercher The Matchmaker: A Spy in Berlin by Paul Vidich The Angel of Rome: And Other Stories by Jess Walter Scoundrel: How a Convicted Murderer Persuaded the Women Who Loved Him, the Conservative Establishment, and the Courts to Set Him Free by Sarah Weinman Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson Scenes from My Life: A Memoir by Michael K. 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Washington Post national political enterprise reporter Robert Samuels speaks with Imani Perry, author of “South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation,” which recently won the National Book Award for nonfiction, about what she learned writing the book about America's past and present. Conversation recorded on Tuesday, November 29, 2022.

This week, Imani Perry, recent recipient of the 2022 National Book Award for nonfiction, discusses her book South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation. Perry is joined by Dawn Turner. This episode is presented in conjunction with our special exhibit Dark Testament: A Century of Black Writers [...]

This week, Imani Perry, recent recipient of the 2022 National Book Award for nonfiction, discusses her book South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation. Perry is joined by Dawn Turner. This episode is presented in conjunction with our special exhibit Dark Testament: A Century of Black Writers on Justice, in which Perry and her work is featured. Explore Dark Testament today at the American Writers Museum. The following conversation originally took place May 15th, 2022 at the American Writers Festival and was recorded live. AWM PODCAST NETWORK HOME Imani Perry is the Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University and a faculty associate with the Programs in Law and Public Affairs, Gender and Sexuality Studies and Jazz Studies. She is the author of 6 books, including Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry, which received the Pen Bograd-Weld Award for Biography, The Phi Beta Kappa Christian Gauss Award for outstanding work in literary scholarship, the Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Nonfiction and the Shilts-Grahn Award for nonfiction from the Publishing Triangle. Looking for Lorraine was also named a 2018 notable book by the New York Times, and a honor book by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. It was a finalist for the African American Intellectual History Society Pauli Murray Book Prize. Her book May We Forever Stand: A History of the Black National Anthem, winner of the 2019 American Studies Association John Hope Franklin Book Award for the best book in American Studies, the Hurston Wright Award for Nonfiction, and finalist for an NAACP Image Award in Nonfiction. Her most recent book is: Breathe: A Letter to My Sons (Beacon Press, 2019) which was a finalist for the 2020 Chautauqua Prize and a finalist for the NAACP Image Award for Excellence in Nonfiction. Dawn Turner is an award-winning author and journalist. Her most recent book, Three Girls from Bronzeville: A Uniquely American Memoir of Race, Fate, and Sisterhood, was named a Notable book of 2021 by The New York Times and The Washington Post, among others. A former columnist for the Chicago Tribune, Turner spent a decade and a half writing about race, politics and people whose stories are often dismissed and ignored. Turner, who served as a 2017 and 2018 juror for the Pulitzer Prize in commentary, has written commentary for The Washington Post, PBS NewsHour, CBS Sunday Morning News show, NPR's Morning Edition show, the Chicago Tonight show, and elsewhere. She has covered national presidential conventions, as well as Barack Obama's 2008 presidential election and inauguration. Turner has been a regular commentator for several national and international news programs, and has reported from around the world in countries such as Australia, China, France, and Ghana. She spent the 2014–2015 school year as a Nieman Journalism fellow at Harvard University. In 2018, she served as a fellow and journalist-in-residence at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics. Turner is the author of two novels, Only Twice I've Wished for Heaven (Crown, Random House) and An Eighth of August (Crown, Random House). In 2018, she established the Dawn M. Turner and Kim D. Turner Endowed Scholarship in Media at her alma mater, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

If we want to understand America today, we must first understand the South. This is both a central premise of Imani Perry's latest book, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation, which is a finalist for the 2022 National Book Award for Nonfiction, and a proposition she explores in depth in this episode of Book Dreams. During her conversation with Eve and Julie, Imani illuminates the connections between Southern history and pivotal aspects of contemporary American society–everything from the overturning of Roe v. Wade, to episodes of mass violence, to the treatment of immigrants at the border. She also makes the case that the South could have a better claim to the name “Heartland of America” than the Midwest, because “the way Americans relate to the use of land and labor is so shaped by the South.” Imani vividly conveys, too, a duality that has pervaded the South over the course of its history, particularly for those oppressed there: on the one hand, grief, pain, and atrocity; on the other, joy, vibrancy, and beauty. “I spent a lot of time,” she says, “thinking about how much the violence of the country was associated with sources of pleasure: … slavery, and rum and tobacco and sugar. … Then there's also the fact of people who have lived incredibly hardscrabble lives, through dispossession and also, you know, the South has been home to the deepest poverty and many forms of exploitation. And from that people have tapped into their humanity to create incredible beauty and meaning.” A professor who has taught both history and law, Imani also explains why the Supreme Court's recent tethering of the constitution to the “intent of the founding fathers” is both bad history and bad law. Imani Perry is the Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University and a faculty associate with the Programs in Law and Public Affairs, Gender and Sexuality Studies and Jazz Studies. Her prior books include Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry, which won the 2019 Bograd Weld Award for Biography from the PEN America Foundation and the Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Non-Fiction and was a New York Times notable book, among other accolades. She's also the author of Breathe: A Letter to My Sons, a Kirkus best nonfiction book of 2019 and a finalist for the NAACP Image Award in Nonfiction; Vexy Thing: On Gender and Liberation; and May We Forever Stand: A History of the Black National Anthem, also a finalist for the NAACP Image Award in Nonfiction. Find us on Twitter (@bookdreamspod) and Instagram (@bookdreamspodcast), or email us at contact@bookdreamspodcast.com. We encourage you to visit our website and sign up for our newsletter for information about our episodes, guests, and more. Book Dreams is a part of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to Book Dreams, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows about literature, writing, and storytelling like Storybound and The History of Literature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Mississippi Book Festival 2022 is in-person and we are so excited! Join Tracy and Shellie as they discuss which featured authors' works they've enjoyed and which panels they are most looking forward to. Also, do Tracy or Shellie enjoy books that are described as “fast paced” or “lyrical”? Tune in to find out this and more on this episode of Stacks and Stories. Books mentioned in this episode: The Agathas by Kathleen Glasgow and Liz Lawson The Color Purple by Alice Walker South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation by Imani Perry The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix Victory Over Japan by Ellen Gilchrist Zorrie by Laird Hunt

Author Imani Perry is a child of the South. In her newest book South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation, she gives the reader a look at the South's complicated history, interwoven with her own personal anecdotes. Even though the South has a difficult history, Perry contends, it provides important context for America today. Perry told NPR's Mary Louise Kelly that in order to write this book she had to stop romanticizing the place she calls home – and, instead, look at it starkly. This is an encore episode from January 2022.

While Kim and Alice take a short summer break, enjoy this episode from the archive! Follow For Real using RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. For more nonfiction recommendations, sign up for our True Story newsletter, edited by Alice Burton. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. NONFICTION WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, PART I Let's Get Physical: How Women Discovered Exercise and Reshaped the World by Danielle Friedman Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama: A Memoir by Bob Odenkirk Manifesto: On Never Giving Up by Bernardine Evaristo The Urge: Our History of Addiction by Carl Erik Fisher South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation by Imani Perry The Cryptopians: Idealism, Greed, Lies, and the Making of the First Big Cryptocurrency Craze by Laura Shin There Are No Accidents: The Deadly Rise of Injury and Disaster—Who Profits and Who Pays the Price by Jessie Singer NONFICTION WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, PART II Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation by Maud Newton Murder on the Mountain: Crime, Passion, and Punishment in Gilded Age New Jersey by Peter J. Wosh, Patricia L. Schall  Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole by Susan Cain  Scoundrel: How a Convicted Murderer Persuaded the Women Who Loved Him, the Conservative Establishment, and the Courts to Set Him Free by Sarah Weinman  Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change by Angela Garbes READING NOW KIM: Thinking Inside the Box: Adventures with Crosswords and the Puzzling People Who Can't Live Without Them by Adrienne Raphel ALICE: A Visitor's Guide to Victorian England by Michelle Higgs CONCLUSION You can find us on SOCIAL MEDIA – @itsalicetime and @kimthedork. Amazing Audio Editing for this episode was done by Jen Zink. RATE AND REVIEW on Apple Podcasts or Spotify so people can find us more easily, and follow us there so you can get our new episodes the minute they come out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Maori talks with Princeton African American Studies Professor and prolific author Imani Perry (South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation). The two talk about shared geographies and discuss how the places they belong to have shaped who they've become. They get into Imani's commitment to beauty, her family, and the intellectual tradition she inherited from her grandmother. And finally, Maori and Imani bond over being migrant weirdos. 

Join our host Ebony Lumumba as she talks with author and professor, Imani Perry about her latest book, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation.Imani Perry is the Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University. Perry is the author of Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry, winner of the 2019 Bograd-Weld Biography Prize from the Pen America Foundation. She is also the author of Breathe: A Letter to My Sons; Vexy Thing: On Gender and Liberation; and May We Forever Stand: A History of the Black National Anthem. Perry, a native of Birmingham, Alabama, who grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Chicago, lives outside Philadelphia with her two sons. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Stephen Henderson talks with Perry about her book "South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation"

Today on The Stacks Book Club we speak again with Imani Perry, author of the New York Times bestselling South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon Line to Understand the Soul of a Nation. In our discussion of Toni Morrison's novel A Mercy, we talk destroying ourselves over heartbreak, treating people tenderly and the book's central metaphor of the house. We also touch on the seduction of beauty, and breathlessness.There are spoilers on this episode.You can find everything we discuss on today's show on The Stacks' Website: https://thestackspodcast.com/2022/03/30/ep-208-a-mercyBe sure to listen to the end of today's episode to find out what our April book club pick will be! Connect with Imani: Twitter | InstagramConnect with The Stacks: Instagram | Twitter | Shop | Patreon | Goodreads | SubscribeSUPPORT THE STACKSJoin The Stacks Pack on PatreonAthletic Greens - visit atheleticgreens.com/thestacks to get a free one-year supply of vitamin D and five free travel packs with your first purchase.Listen to Seizing Freedom, a podcast that illustrates the myriad ways Black people have fought for and defined their own freedom.Apostrophe - Save fifteen dollars off your first visit with an Apostrophe provider at apostrophe.com/thestacks when you use code THESTACKS.Purchasing books through Bookshop.org or Amazon earns The Stacks a small commission. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this year's Women's History Month Jerald chats with Dr. Imani Perry, Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American studies at Princeton University, about how she stays connected to Alabama, the women who inspire her, and her latest book "South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation.

Imani Perry is an Alabama native who eventually grew up in northern cities. And after becoming a professor of African American studies at Princeton, she thought it might be time to revisit the South to take another look. She joins host Krys Boyd to discuss her return to her Southern home with fresh eyes, weaving in the stories of the good-tempered with a darker history. Her book is called “South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation.”

Host, Carol Jenkins is joined by Imani Perry, Author of "South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation".

Imani Perry is the author of seven books including her latest, the New York Times bestselling, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon Line to Understand the Soul of a Nation. She is an American interdisciplinary scholar of race, law, literature, and African-American culture, and the Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University. Imani shares with us today about her writing process, inspirations, and sweet tooth.You can find links to everything we discuss on today's show on The Stacks' Website: https://thestackspodcast.com/2022/03/02/ep-204-imani-perryThe Stacks Book Club selection for February is A Mercy by Toni Morrison, we will discuss the book on March 30th with Imani Perry.Connect with Imani: Twitter | InstagramConnect with The Stacks: Instagram | Twitter | Shop | Patreon | Goodreads | SubscribeSUPPORT THE STACKSJoin The Stacks Pack on PatreonAthletic Greens - visit atheleticgreens.com/thestacks to get a free one-year supply of vitamin D and five free travel packs with your first purchase.Listen to Seizing Freedom, a podcast that illustrates the myriad ways Black people have fought for and defined their own freedom.Apostrophe - Save fifteen dollars off your first visit with an Apostrophe provider at apostrophe.com/thestacks when you use code THESTACKS.Purchasing books through Bookshop.org or Amazon earns The Stacks a small commission. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Our guest today is Imani Perry. Her latest book is “South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation.” In it she writes that understanding this country starts with the South. Imani challenges the idea of the South as a backward place, a repository for the U.S.'s shame over slavery, white supremacy, and poverty. To cast away the South, she writes, only props up a heroic self-mythology of the U.S. that fogs up the mirror of history. Imani is based at the department for African American studies at Princeton University as an interdisciplinary scholar of law, literary and cultural studies. In addition to South to America, her books include “Breathe: A Letter to My Sons,” “Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry” and other titles. She was born in Birmingham, Alabama and while she's lived much of her life elsewhere, she still considers Birmingham home.

Listen/download the full uncut conversation featuring Imani Perry, Author and Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University and a faculty associate in Law and Public Affairs, Gender and Sexuality Studies and Jazz Studies. Her most recent book is "South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation" published by Ecco Press, a division of Harper Collins.Watch / Listen, Download and Subscribe to the PodcastDescription:  As goes the South, so goes the nation. It may be a cliché but according to this week's guest it's true. In South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation, author and scholar Imani Perry makes the compelling argument that Americans need to stop dismissing the South if they're ever going to build an equitable future for the entire United States. She takes us on a trip through the region, delving into the complex realities that exist beneath the stereotypes. Intertwining conversations and stories from her journey in the present with powerful—but underrepresented—moments from history, Perry illustrates how the real, rebellious, intensely creative people of the South have led movements for civil rights in every generation. In this episode, Laura and Imani Perry look to the South for answers that will enlighten every American.Guest:Imani Perry, Author and Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University and a faculty associate in Law and Public Affairs, Gender and Sexuality Studies and Jazz Studies. Her latest book is ‘South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation,” Ecco Press, a division of Harper Collins.*Books by featured guest:• South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation Check out the book• Looking for Lorraine: the Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry Check out the book• More Beautiful and More Terrible: The Embrace and Transcendence of Racial Inequality in the United States Check out the book(*Bookshop is an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. The LF Show is an affiliate of bookshop.org and will receive a small commission if you click through and make a purchase.)Full research and reading list to further delve into the conversation are available here on Patreon in our posts.

(note: time stamps are without ads & may be off a little) This week Beth and Wendy discuss the case of Shiquan and Latonia Bellamy, two cousins who murdered a newly engaged couple living in Jersey City, New Jersey. This was the first murder for Latonia, but as it turns out, the third murder for Shiquan. We dive into the setting (14:33), the killers early life (25:01) and the timeline (32:36).  Then, we get into the investigation & arrest (41:36), "Where are they now?" (01:00:53) followed by our takeaways and what we think made the perp snap (01:04:41).   As usual we close out the show with some tips on how not to get murdered (01:12:37) and our shout outs (01:14:37).  Researched & scripted by Minnie Williams. Thanks for listening! This is a weekly podcast and new episodes drop every Thursday, so until next time... look alive guys, it's crazy out there! 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You can make a donation on the Cash App https://cash.me/$fruitloopspod Or become a monthly Patron through our Podbean Patron page https://patron.podbean.com/fruitloopspod Footnotes Articles/Websites Murderpedia. (n.d.). Latonia Bellamy. Retrieved 01/13/2022 from https://murderpedia.org/female.B/b/bellamy-latonia.htm The Associated Press. (04/10/2010). Police nab 3 in couple's shooting. Asbury Park Press. Retrieved 01/13/2022 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/144692152/?terms=%22Latonia%20Bellamy%22&match=1 Nocera, K. (04/10/2010). 3 charged in slay of Jersey couple. Daily News. Retrieved 01/13/2022 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/574506542/?terms=%22Latonia%20Bellamy%22&match=1 The Associated Press. (04/14/2010). Teen denies killing engaged couple. Asbury Park Press.Retrieved 01/13/2022 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/144692571/?terms=%22Latonia%20Bellamy%22&match=1 Zeitlinger, R. (05/18/2021). Appellate court orders new sentencing for woman serving life in prison for 2010 Jersey City double-murder. The Jersey Journal. Retrieved 01/14/2022 from https://www.nj.com/hudson/2021/05/appellate-court-orders-new-sentencing-for-woman-serving-life-in-prison-for-2010-jersey-city-double-murder.html Conte, M. (06/05/2015). Woman linked to murders of engaged Jersey City couple gets 20 years in prison. The Jersey Journal. Retrieved 01/14/2022 from https://www.nj.com/hudson/2015/06/woman_who_took_plea_deal_in_muchioki-haqq_murders.html Sibayan, R. (06/19/2012). Woman accused of killing Jersey City couple testifies: 'I didn't shoot anyone.' The Jersey Journal. Retrieved 01/14/2022 from https://www.nj.com/hudson/2012/06/woman_accused_of_killing_jerse.html Rahman, S. (04/08/2010). Slain Jersey City couple will be buried together. The Jersey Journal. Retrieved 01/14/2022 from https://www.nj.com/hudson/2010/04/the_slain_jersey_city_couple_w.html Lovemikenia.org. (n.d.). The Lovemikenia Foundation. Retrieved 01/14/2022 from https://lovemikenia.org/ Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division. (05/17/2021). Docket No. A-0502-19. Retrieved 01/17/2022 from https://www.njcourts.gov/attorneys/assets/opinions/appellate/published/a0502-19.pdf Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division. (11/08/2017). Docket No. A-3676-12T2. Retrieved 01/17/2022 from https://casetext.com/case/state-v-bellamy-44 Machcinski, A. (09/19/2013). Families of murdered Jersey City couple reflect after guilty verdict. The Jersey Journal. Retrieved 01/17/2022 from https://www.nj.com/hudson/2013/09/family_of_murdered_couple_reflects_after_guilty_verdict_reached.html Machcinski, A. (09/19/2013). Shiquan Bellamy guilty on all counts in Jersey City double homicide, erupts in anger in court. The Jersey Journal. Retrieved 01/17/2022 from https://www.nj.com/hudson/2013/09/shiquan_bellamy_guilty_on_all_counts_in_jersey_city_double_homicide_punches_table_and_shouts_as_verd.html Machcinski, A. (09/12/2013). Admitted accomplice in murder of Jersey City couple tells court defendant was the shooter. The Jersey Journal. Retrieved 01/17/2022 from https://www.nj.com/hudson/2013/09/alleged_accomplice_in_murder_of_jersey_city_couple_says_defendant_was_the_shooter.html Conte, M. (06/22/12). Quick verdict finds Latonia Bellamy guilty in murders of Jersey City couple. The Jersey Journal. Retrieved 01/17/2022 from https://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/2012/06/quick_verdict_finds_latonia_be.html Conte, M. (02/08/13). Life sentence for woman convicted in 2010 slaying of engaged Jersey City couple. The Jersey Journal. Retrieved 01/17/2022 from https://www.nj.com/hudson/2013/02/latonia_bellamy_sentencing_hea.html Diamant, J. (04/05/2010). Jersey City couple slain after returning from their engagement party. The Star-Ledger. Retrieved 01/17/2022 from https://www.nj.com/news/2010/04/jersey_city_couple_slain_after.html Kaulessar, R. (04/25/2010). 19 years old and accused of five murders. Hudson Reporter. Retrieved 01/17/2022 from https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2010/04/25/19-years-old-and-accused-of-five-murders/ Conte, M. (04/12/2010). Jersey City man charged in slaying of engaged couple, now charged with three other murders. The Jersey Journal. Retrieved 01/17/2022 from https://www.nj.com/hudson/2010/04/jersey_city_man_charged_in_sla.html Conte, M. (06/15/2012). Testimony centers on bullets, guns, autopsy in trial of woman accused in murders of newly engaged Jersey City couple. The Jersey Journal. Retrieved 01/17/2022 from https://www.nj.com/hudson/2012/06/testimony_centers_on_bullets_g.html Conte, M. (08/08/2012). Accomplice to slayings of engaged JC couple admits to seeing killings for plea. The Jersey Journal. 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Truckers part of the so-called “Freedom Convoy” have co-opted a conspiracy theory about Justin Trudeau's biological father, which Canadian author and frequent New Abnormal guest Jeet Heer tells co-host Molly Jong-Fast all about on Tuesday's episode. Plus, Molly and co-host Andy Levy run down the “terrifying” political candidates who billionaire Peter Thiel is backing and Imani Perry, author of South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation, makes the case that the South should be a source of inspiration.If you haven't heard, every single week The New Abnormal does a special bonus episode for Beast Inside, the Daily Beast's membership program. where Sometimes we interview Senators like Cory Booker or the folks who explain our world in media like Jim Acosta or Soledad O'Brien. Sometimes we just have fun and talk to our favorite comedians and actors like Busy Phillips or Billy Eichner and sometimes it's just discussing the fuckery. You can get all of our episodes in your favorite podcast app of choice by becoming a Beast Inside member where you'll support The Beast's fearless journalism. Plus! You'll also get full access to podcasts and articles. To become a member head to newabnormal.thedailybeast.com  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The American South has always carved out a unique role in the American civic psyche. Even those who have never lived there can rattle off a list of signifiers from the area: the Civil War, Gone with the Wind, the Ku Klux Klan, plantations, football, barbecue, Jim Crow, slavery. Yet the South is far more complex than much of the country tends to acknowledge, even moreso with an in-migration of people from around the country over the past two decades. In her new book, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation, Princeton University Professor Imani Perry delves into the true character of the region and shows that the very meaning of America is inextricably linked with the South, and that the country's understanding of its history and culture, particularly as it relates to African-Americans, is the key to understanding the nation as a whole. Perry's book explores a range of personalities and stories from the South, from immigrant communities, contemporary artists, exploitative opportunists, enslaved peoples, unsung heroes, her own ancestors, and her lived experiences. Please join us for illuminating conversation that will center the American South as critical to understanding the future of the United States. NOTES This program contains EXPLICIT language This program is part of our Good Lit series, underwritten by the Bernard Osher Foundation. SPEAKERS Imani Perry Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies, Princeton University; Author, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation In Conversation with Deesha Philyaw Author, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The American South has always carved out a unique role in the American civic psyche. Even those who have never lived there can rattle off a list of signifiers from the area: the Civil War, Gone with the Wind, the Ku Klux Klan, plantations, football, barbecue, Jim Crow, slavery. Yet the South is far more complex than much of the country tends to acknowledge, even moreso with an in-migration of people from around the country over the past two decades. In her new book, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation, Princeton University Professor Imani Perry delves into the true character of the region and shows that the very meaning of America is inextricably linked with the South, and that the country's understanding of its history and culture, particularly as it relates to African-Americans, is the key to understanding the nation as a whole. Perry's book explores a range of personalities and stories from the South, from immigrant communities, contemporary artists, exploitative opportunists, enslaved peoples, unsung heroes, her own ancestors, and her lived experiences. Please join us for illuminating conversation that will center the American South as critical to understanding the future of the United States. NOTES This program contains EXPLICIT language This program is part of our Good Lit series, underwritten by the Bernard Osher Foundation. SPEAKERS Imani Perry Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies, Princeton University; Author, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation In Conversation with Deesha Philyaw Author, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Real estate development conjures up images of gentrification with sleek buildings and polished store fronts often built under the guise of urban revitalization. Far too often, these projects displace long-standing residents and communities of color. What would it look like if real estate development were led by the people who already live in the neighborhood? In this episode, Laura interviews South Bronx native Majora Carter who decided to stay where she grew up and rewrite the playbook for neighborhood development. A self-described “chick from the hood… with zero experience in real estate,” she's a MacArthur “genius award” recipient, owner of the hip hop themed Boogie Down Grind Cafe that has survived and even thrived during Covid, thanks to a bit of help from Beyoncé. Carter is author of Reclaiming Your Community: You Don't Have to Move Out Of Your Neighborhood To Live In A Better One, just out from Berrett-Koehler. Full episode notes are posted at https://Patreon.com/theLFShow . Patreon Members receive early access to the FULL UNCUT CONVERSATION, plus early access to last week's conversation with Princeton Professor and author Imani Perry discussing her latest book, ‘South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation”. 

This week we have an amazing group of panelists on to talk about Black Love Romance! Joining us are… Author Synithia Williams Editor & Podcaster Dani Lacey from Black Chick Lit & Ice Planet Podcast YouTuber Charles Books On Stereo YouTuber Jess Owens Looking for a book mentioned in the episode? Check here! *Note that all links are affiliate links from which we earn a commission to support the podcast   Books Mentioned American Sweethearts by Adriana Herrera: https://amzn.to/34fNOWY The Love Sisters Trilogy by Christina C Jones: https://amzn.to/3Lcms4I Redeemed by His New York Cinderella by Jadesola James: https://amzn.to/3rraDQn The Bad Boy Experiment by Reese Ryan: https://amzn.to/3HABkrG Careless Whispers by Synithia Williams: https://amzn.to/3GrXfzG Sweethand by NG Peltier: https://amzn.to/3sejjZK The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang: https://amzn.to/3Laybkw Them Boys series by Alexandria House: https://amzn.to/35QEh9q Reel by Kennedy Ryan: https://amzn.to/34fONXa Authors Mentioned Beverly Jenkins Christina C. Jones Rebekah Weatherspoon Nicole Falls Delaney Diamond Sharon C Cooper DL White Eva Sherie Black Women in Space Romance Recs  Taken to Voraxia by Elizabeth Stephens: https://amzn.to/3gmtbuK Unfrozen by Regina Abel: https://amzn.to/3oMgE8L Erstwhile by H.E. Trent: https://amzn.to/3uqBdLm Books from On My Radar Mirror Girls by Kelly McWilliams: https://amzn.to/35RsRCn The Thousand Eyes by AK Larkwood: https://amzn.to/3L4eVVL Reclaim the Stars ed. Zoraida Cordova: https://amzn.to/3HsTOKD House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J Maas: https://amzn.to/34aEsvT Wish Out of Water by Holley Trent: https://amzn.to/3oqu2Pn Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake: https://amzn.to/3Ld7Cv1 South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon… by Imani Perry: https://amzn.to/35ESIx4 Fake it Til You Bake it by Jamie Wesley: https://amzn.to/3J3PtO9 The Hookup Plan by Farrah Rochon: https://amzn.to/3J2LBNp Don't Go Baking My Heart by NG Peltier: https://amzn.to/3HscbPJ Moon Witch, Spider King by Marlon James: https://amzn.to/34yJnXk A Stud Like Her by Fiona Zedde: https://amzn.to/3skCsZZ Bet On It by Jodie Slaughter: https://amzn.to/3opkMvb   Follow us on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok @Chapter3Podcast or watch episodes on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy6yRiktWbWRAFpByrVk-kg Interested in early access to episodes, private Discord channels and other perks? Consider joining the Chapter 3 Patreon!  Co-Hosts Bethany: https://www.youtube.com/c/beautifullybookishbethany Liene: https://www.youtube.com/c/LienesLibrary Izzy: https://www.youtube.com/c/HappyforNow

As goes the South, so goes the nation. It may be a cliché but according to this week's guest it's true. In South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation, author and scholar Imani Perry makes the compelling argument that Americans need to stop dismissing the South if they're ever going to build an equitable future for the entire United States. She takes us on a trip through the region, delving into the complex realities that exist beneath the stereotypes. Intertwining conversations and stories from her journey in the present with powerful—but underrepresented—moments from history, Perry illustrates how the real, rebellious, intensely creative people of the South have led movements for civil rights in every generation. In this episode, Laura and Imani Perry look to the South for answers that will enlighten every American.Guests:  Imani Perry, Author, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation Full episode notes are posted at https://Patreon.com/theLFShow . Patreon Members receive early access to the FULL UNCUT CONVERSATION, plus early access to last week's 'Meet the BIPOC Press Roundtable on Voting Rights'.

The American south plays host to a patchwork of political, ideological, demographic and historical complexities. Complexities that common, simplified 'north/south' narratives fail to grasp. On Today's Show:Imani Perry, professor of African American Studies at Princeton University and the author of South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation (Ecco, 2022), shares the insights she gleaned about U.S. history and culture from her travels in the South.

Imani Perry, professor of African American Studies at Princeton University and the author of South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation (Ecco, 2022), shares the insights she gleaned about U.S. history and culture from her travels in the South.

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Author Imani Perry is a child of the South. In her newest book South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation, she gives the reader a look at the South's complicated history, interwoven with her own personal anecdotes. Even though the South has a difficult history, Perry contends, it provides important context for America today. Perry told NPR's Mary Louise Kelly that in order to write this book she had to stop romanticizing the place she calls home – and, instead, look at it starkly.