"Mahalia Jackson, Moving On Up a Little Higher: The Story of an American Civil Rights Pioneer," by Timothy B. Tyson and Mary D. Williams, Liveright, 256 pages. Of the many celebrities and civil rights luminaries who attended and performed at the March on ... See more
“Cloudthief” by Nathaniel Rich, MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 304 pages Last month, the newspaper reported that Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, signed off on plans to double the size of their Richland Parish data center. Once complete... See more
“Should the Waters Take Us,” by Stephanie Soileau, Doubleday, 336 pages. In “Last One Out Shut Off the Lights,” her wickedly titled 2020 short story collection that didn’t receive its just laurels — perhaps blame the pandemic — Stephanie Soileau offered a... See more
The New Orleans-based investigative journalist and historian Robert W. Fiesler is quickly building a dynamic and laureled career uncovering forgotten stories of ordinary individuals confronted — one might say trapped — by extraordinary circumstances. His ... See more
“On Witness and Respair,” by Jesmyn Ward, Scribner, 256 pages. Jesmyn Ward remembers seeing the Mississippi Literary Map on the wall of her elementary school library. Iconic names and faces — Faulkner, Welty and Wright — staring out from the confines of a... See more
