Can the act of reading bring about societal change?  Can novels about race still surprise us?  This week, we grapple with the complicated, messy questions that arose from reading Colson Whitehead, Tommy Orange and Brit Bennett, three of the most important writers working today.

This is the conclusion of our series on Race in Contemporary America where we reviewed and discussed Sag Harbor, There There, and The Vanishing Half.  Look for our previous episodes for a more extended conversation about these books.  Next week we will start our series on Campus Novels with Donna Tartt's The Secret History.

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