Behind the Book: Ladee Hubbard’s The Talented Ribkins
I began writing the first draft of my novel The Talented Ribkins, published today, at my grandparents’ house, three months after the birth of my third child. It was a fitting… Read more »
Out today: The Talented Ribkins
Toni Morrison wants you to read The Talented Ribkins. She writes, “For sheer reading pleasure Ladee Hubbard’s original and wildly inventive novel is in a class by itself.” A lot of… Read more »
The Talented Tenth
Today, as months of excitement culminate in the publication of Ladee Hubbard’s debut novel The Talented Ribkins, we’re also eagerly re-reading The Talented Tenth, the essay by W.E.B. Du Bois that helped inspire… Read more »
Confederate statues, submerged tensions, and the end of racism: A southern writer looks at the monuments of New Orleans and Brazil
This piece originally ran last month. We’re running it again to celebrate the publication today of Ladee Hubbard’s The Talented Ribkins. Recently my hometown of New Orleans removed four monuments… Read more »
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