Biography & Memoir
Self-Portrait in Black and White: Unlearning Race
Hardback
A meditation on race and identity from one of our most provocative cultural critics.
Self-Portrait in Black and White: Family, Fatherhood, and Rethinking Race
Paperback
A Time “Must-Read” Book of 2019
“[Williams] is so honest and fresh in his observations, so skillful at blending his own story with larger principles, that it is hard not to admire him.” —Andrew Solomon, New York Times Book Review (front page)Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life
Hardback
Reviving the life and work of a neglected master, this biography establishes Shirley Jackson as a towering figure in American literature.
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life
Paperback
Reviving the life and work of a neglected master, this biography establishes Shirley Jackson as a towering figure in American literature.
The Short, Strange Life of Herschel Grynszpan: A Boy Avenger, a Nazi Diplomat, and a Murder in Paris
Hardback
The Washington Post Notable Non-Fiction of 2013
On the seventy-fifth anniversary of Kristallnacht comes this untold story of a teenager whose act of defiance would have dire international consequences.