Maud Newton has written for The New York Times Magazine, Harper’s, The New York Times Book Review, and Oxford American. She grew up in Miami and graduated from the University of Florida with degrees in English and law. Her debut memoir is called Ancestor Trouble.

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All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days by Rebecca Donner

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez

Of Water and the Spirit by Malidoma Patrice Somé

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