“Southern hip-hop deromanticizes the mountaintop as prime real estate” of achievement by “the breaking of limitations about the South as... Read More
Joycelyn Wilson reviews Gucci Mane's autobiography with an eye towards what it might tell us about the narratives behind Atlanta's famed hip hop scene Read More
Alexander Hyres reviews a new book that uncovers the previously overlooked role played by African American educators like Horace Tate in the Black freedom struggle. Read More
Winston Grady-Willis reviews a new book about how attending to class and politics complicates the image of post-Civil Rights Atlanta as a 'Black Mecca' Read More
“Certainly,” Jim Auchmutey of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution writes, Atlanta is “the gay oasis of the South—the place with the most... Read More
Kathryn Kolb reviews a new book about urban forests and highlights its relevance here in Atlanta Read More
Joe Hurley reviews the new "Renewing Inequality" digital project with an eye to what it tells us about urban renewal in Atlanta Read More
Stephanie Bryan reviews a new book that peels back the sociohistorical layers of Georgia's most iconic symbol – the Georgia peach Read More
Nedra Deadwyler reviews a book that explores the intersections of race, cycling and urban planning. Read More
Paul Renfro reviews Atlanta Monster in light of the politics of true crime podcasting and the current wave of works about the Atlanta Youth Murders of 1979-1981 Read More
Danielle Wiggins reviews the recent documentary about the life and achievements of Maynard Jackson, Atlanta's first black mayor Read More
Lisa Shannon reviews a new book that examines white and black secondary education in Georgia to illustrate how race impacted women's identity in the New South Read More
