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When Shane McCrae was almost 4 years old, his maternal grandparents, who were white supremacists, took him from his father, who is Black. His new memoir is Pulling the Chariot of the Sun.

In an about face, the New York Giants have rescinded the permission that was granted to DE Osi Umenyiora to seek a trade. Umenyiora has been unhappy with his current contract status, earnings $7.1 million over the next two years. Umenyiora claims that General Manager Jerry Reese offered a new... Read More... Dont Miss Any Updates! News Directly in Your Inbox Subscribe to:

Image Journal. His most recent book is Longing for an Absent God: Faith and Doubt in Great American Fiction.See All Articles Sometimes I Never Suffered, the latest book by the poet Shane McCrae, enters a rich literary tradition of angels and still manages to offer a new, illuminating perspective. McCrae’s ambitious work arises from a Christian perspective, one that is not wracked with doubt but steeled in wonder. In an interview published last year by The Millions, McCrae stated, “I find ...

Top 10: the TS Eliot Prize shortlist Each year, the T S Eliot Prize offers poets a chance to win a huge sack of cash, and critics a chance to generalise about trends in poetry. So here goes: long fragmentary narratives are in, love poems are out (though Natalie Diaz unfashionably flies the flag for sensual abandon). Who’ll win the £25,000 prize? If I were judging, it’d be Sasha Dugdale or Shane McCrae. But I’m not, so I’d bet on Diaz, with a side-flutter on Bhanu Kapil. I’m sore ab...

The best book cover designs of 2020 Mark Sinclair, senior editor at Unit Editions, shares his favourite ten book covers of the year with us, which have emerged as the book world has buffeted the challenges (and opportunities) presented by the coronavirus pandemic 14/12/2020 8:49 am During the eight months since the UK declared the first of its nationwide lockdowns, writers have still written, publishers have still published and book designers have continued to produce an ever-varied range of ...