THE LYRICREADING COLLECTION Clotel William Wells Brown ◆ Fiction Clotel William Wells Brown Brown’s novel follows women navigating slavery and family separation in the early United States.
THE LYRICREADING COLLECTION Head Off & Split Nikky Finney ◆ Poetry Head Off & Split Nikky Finney Finney’s poems move between family, public history, and the language that mediates what people see.
THE LYRICREADING COLLECTION Isaac Murphy: I Dedicate This Ride Frank X Walker ◆ Poetry Isaac Murphy: I Dedicate This Ride Frank X Walker A poetry sequence approaches the life of the celebrated Black jockey through imagined voices.
THE LYRICREADING COLLECTION Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave William Wells Brown ◆ Memoir Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave William Wells Brown Brown describes enslavement and escape, illuminating a life that began near Lexington and led into abolitionism.
THE LYRICREADING COLLECTION Rice Nikky Finney ◆ Poetry Rice Nikky Finney Rice ties family stories and foodways to Black Southern histories of labor and survival.
