These two authors tackle important subjects with new research and keen insight.

Héctor Tobar's Our Migrant Souls delves into the "Latino" identity with thorough analysis of history, culture and extensive interviews. Tobar joins us to talk about the concepts of ethnicity and race, hearing stories from people across the country and more.

King: A Life is the comprehensive new biography of Martin Luther King Jr. compiling new information with in-depth research to create a definitive portrait of this brilliant and complicated figure. Jonathan Eig joins us to talk about new declassified documents that aided his work, what surprised him about this project and more with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over.

This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Executive Producer Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang.

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Featured Books (Episode):

Our Migrant Souls by Héctor Tobar

King: A Life by Jonathan Eig

The Barbarian Nurseries by Héctor Tobar

Bearing the Cross by David Garrow

G-Man by Beverly Gage

The Sword and the Shield by Peniel Joseph

Featured Books (TBR Topoff):

The Dead are Arising by Les Payne

Women in the Picture by Catherine McCormack