Common Read 2020: The 1619 Project
Author websites, Twitter, biographies
Reginald Dwayne Betts
Poet, memoirist, teacher.
Jamelle Bouie
Columnist for The New York Times and political analyst for CBS News.
Matthew Desmond
Professor of Sociology, Princeton University.
Nikole Hannah-Jones
Investigative journalist for The New York Times. 1619 Project lead.
Jeneen Interlandi
Journalist for The New York Times.
Kevin M. Kruse
Professor of History, Princeton University.
Kiese Laymon
Writer, editor and Professor of English and Creative Writing, University of Mississippi.
Trymaine Lee
Correspondent for MSNBC and host of the podcast “Into America.”
Wesley Morris
Critic-at-large for The New York Times.
Khalil Gibran Muhammad
Professor of History, Race, and Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School.
Clint Smith
Writer, teacher, researcher.
Bryan Stevenson
Professor of Criminal Justice, NYU School of Law, executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative.
Linda Villarosa
Journalist, author, editor, novelist and educator.
Jesmyn Ward
Novelist and Professor of Creative Writing, Tulane University.
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