2019 selection · Nonfiction

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories Of Social Upheaval

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories Of Social Upheaval by Saidiya Hartman appears in NPR’s 2019 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around staff picks, nonfiction, book club ideas, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

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