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Look for more booktv on line error write us on facebook. Next in this booknotes from 1999, Randall Kenan discusses his book walking on water black american lives at the turn of the twentyfirst century. In preparing the book mr. Sapi travel the country for period of six years and interviewed nearly 200 africanamericans. This encore presentation is about an hour. Cspan Randall Kenan, author of walking on water, whats your book about . Guest well, its a travel narrative about what it means to be black in america. I sort of set out to travel all over north america, traveling on a theme. And the th...

Baldwin published his first piece in The Nation, and for many years thereafter continued to attack a system he thought as close to anarchy as to martial law.

This week's selection includes titles by Randall Kenan, Barry Meier, Jen Beagin and more.

James Baldwin's writing about music illuminates the significance of racial slavery for American music. Black American music can help America to move forward.

"Pose" star Ryan Jamaal Swain takes on the toughest role of his young career in Mosaic's harrowing and hilarious "One in Two."