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Why Black Satire Is the Art Form for Our Absurd Age

Black American novelists, filmmakers and other writers are using comedy to reveal — and combat — our era’s disturbing political realities.

By Adam Bradley

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The Secret Art of David Hammons

Through interviews with some of his colleagues and collaborators — and several rare images — T considers the last half-century of an elusive artist’s practice.

By Nicole Acheampong

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The New Black Canon: Books, Plays and Poems That Everyone Should Know

A guide to some of the undervalued 20th-century works that testify to the richness of the Black American literary archive.

By Adam Bradley