Thirty years after the genocide in Rwanda, survivors and perpetrators live side by side.
By: Clint Smith
The Atlantic
The parental meditations of Clint, Claire, Maurice and Richie are explored.
The Micro Podcast
Above Ground is nominated in the Best Poetry Book of the Year category for the 16th Annual AAMBC Literary Awards.
Read MoreThe Black Caucus of the American Library Association selects Above Ground for the Best Poetry Award.
Read MoreHow the Word Is Passed is named one of the 50 best nonfiction books of all time.
By: Jennifer Kushnier
Reader’s Digest
Host Ashley C. Ford speaks with Clint and a variety of journalists to uncover how specific US monuments took inspiration from Holocaust memorials in Germany to memorialize the horrific legacy of lynching in this country.
Hosted By: Ashley C. Ford
Monumental Podcast
Above Ground is nominated in the Outstanding Literary - Poetry category for the 2024 NAACP Image Awards.
By: Patrick Hipes
Deadline
A memorial tainted with Lost Cause mythology has at last been purged from the national cemetery. If only national memory were so easily resolved.
By: Clint Smith
The Atlantic
The list of the most memorable books this year includes Above Ground.
By: Lupita Aquino and Elena Nicolaou
NBC Today
The Mother Jones staff includes Above Ground as one of the poetry collections that keep them up all night reading this year.
Mother Jones
Above Ground tops The Root’s list of favorite books by Black authors this year.
By: Angela Johnson
The Root Magazine
2023 wraps up as Above Ground is named a top poetry collection for the year.
Electric Literature
Above Ground joins the list of books that come highly recommended for adults.
New York Public Library
Above Ground is nominated as a finalist for the 2024 Southern Book Prize.
The Southern Bookseller Review
Clint and Krista discuss how words hold wisdom and the connection between reality and memory.
Hosted By: Krista Tippett
On Being Podcast
Above Ground is selected as a nonfiction longlist winner for the 2023 Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize.
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