Above Ground is named as a book to add to your reading list.
By Sarah Yang
Sunset Magazine, February 2, 2023
How the Word Is Passed is named as a newly-released paperback book to read in February.
By Moira Macdonald
The Seattle Times, January 31, 2023
How the Word is Passed is named by the Washington Post staff as one of the top books to read in 2023.
The Washington Post, January 10, 2023
How the Word is Passed is named by Cosmopolitan as an essential read on Black History.
By Corinne Sullivan
Cosmopolitan, January 10, 2023
Above Ground is named by Books & Books as one of the most anticipated books of 2023.
Book & Books, January 18, 2023
Above Ground is named by Changing Hands Bookstore as one of the most anticipated books of 2023.
Changing Hands Bookstore, January 18, 2023
Above Ground is listed as a book to check out in 2023.
By Traci Thomas
WUBR, January 11, 2023
Above Ground is named one of the best and anticipated books of 2023.
By Lauren Puckett-Pope
Elle Magazine, January 10, 2023
Above Ground is named by The Millions as one of the best books in the first half of 2023.
The Millions, January 9, 2023
Above Ground is named by WUBR as one of seven books to take into hibernation this year.
By Christian Burno
WUBR, January 10, 2023
Above Ground is named by Time as one of the most anticipated books of 2023.
By Shannon Carlin
Time, December 16, 2022
How the Word is Passed is named the Monthly Nonfiction Pick by Barnes & Noble.
Barnes & Noble, January, 2023
Above Ground is named by Shereads as one of the most anticipated books of 2023.
By Traci Thomas
Shereads, December 15, 2022
Above Ground is named to by Today as one of the 36 best new books of 2023.
By Lupita Aquino and Elena Nicolaou
Today, December 5, 2022
The Sidney Hillman Foundation announces today the winners of the 72nd annual Hillman Prizes for journalism and recognized Clint Smith for his book about visiting historical sites to investigate how slavery and the Civil War are memorialized and taught.
By Sidney Hillman Foundation
Sidney Hillman Foundation, April 19, 2022
Anitra D. Brown describes Clint Smith’s journey home to the New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University where he discusses his book, How the Word Is Passed.
By Anitra D. Brown
The New Orleans Tribune, March 31, 2022
How the Word Is Passed won the 2022 Stowe Prize.
By Harriet Beecher Stowe Center
Harriet Beacher Stowe Center, March, 2022
How the Word Is Passed won the National Book Critics Circle prize for nonfiction.
By Alexandra Alter
New York Times, March 17, 2022
How the Word Is Passed is named as one of the 2022 PEN America | John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction Literary Awards Finalists.
By PEN America
PEN America, February 7, 2022
How the Word Is Passed is named as one of Reader’s 2022 Notable Books.
By Ninah Moore
RUSA, January 23, 2022