Can Black Literature Escape the Representation Trap?
A crop of recent novels strains against the expectations of a publishing industry attempting to embrace diversity.
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A crop of recent novels strains against the expectations of a publishing industry attempting to embrace diversity.
The 2022 MacArthur fellows include a sociologist working to understand what drives people to own guns; an astrodynamicist trying to manage space
Author Kiese Laymon, celebrated cellist Tomeka Reid, reproductive activist Loretta J. Ross and more have been named MacArthur Fellows.
This year's MacArthur Fellows include scientists, artists and historians. The so-called MacArthur "geniuses" receive unrestricted grants of $800,000 for their "exceptional creativity" and "promise."
Laymon received the MacArthur Fellowship, which is commonly known as the "genius grant."