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P. Djèlí Clark’s Ring Shout is a wildly imaginative, superbly written narrative about friendship, magic, and fighting racism that occupies a strange interstitial space between historical fiction, fantasy, and body hor­ror. It is also a smart reimagining of history that pushes current racial tensions to the forefront and forces readers to remember that bigotry should be fought in all its incarnations. In 1915, The Birth of a Nation helped the Ku Klux Klan swell its ranks and stoked the fi...

Ring Shout, a TV show for Skydance Television based on a novella by P.Djéli Clark released in October. In the book, the 1915 D.W. Griffith infamous ‘classic’ film is used to summon Ku Kluxes who are non-human entities of the human Ku Klux Klan. Lane will play Maryse Boudreaux, a monster hunter who is assisted by entities known as the Aunties as well as real-life fighters Sadie, Chef, a former Harlem Hellfighter, and a Gullah woman named Nana Jean. Actress Kiki Layne (Getty Images) The ...