Elias Rodriques

is the author of All the Water I’ve Seen Is Running and teaches at Sarah Lawrence College.

How Saidiya Hartman Changed the Study of Black Life

How Saidiya Hartman Changed the Study of Black Life How Saidiya Hartman Changed the Study of Black Life

A conversation with writer about her pathbreaking book Scenes of Subjection and how our understanding of race has changed in the last two decades. 

Nov 3, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Elias Rodriques

Thulani Davis’s Freedom Visions

Thulani Davis’s Freedom Visions Thulani Davis’s Freedom Visions

Her new history of the Civil War and Reconstruction examines the ways in which Black Americans formed networks of self-reliance in their pursuit of emancipation.

Oct 3, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Elias Rodriques

The Long History of Resistance That Birthed Black Lives Matter

The Long History of Resistance That Birthed Black Lives Matter The Long History of Resistance That Birthed Black Lives Matter

A conversation with historian Donna Murch about the past, present, and future of Black radical organizing.

May 24, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Elias Rodriques

Manthia Diawara in the Archive of Postcolonialism

Manthia Diawara in the Archive of Postcolonialism Manthia Diawara in the Archive of Postcolonialism

His films put into practice the history of radical Black thought by placing generations of thinkers in conversation.

Feb 10, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Elias Rodriques

The Black Arts Movement’s Revolution in the South

The Black Arts Movement’s Revolution in the South The Black Arts Movement’s Revolution in the South

A new book offers a sweeping history of the radical art and institutions created in the South by the Black Arts Movement.

Jan 10, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Elias Rodriques

Ruth Negga and Tessa Thompson in PASSING

What “Passing” Can Still Teach Us About Identity What “Passing” Can Still Teach Us About Identity

A film adaptation of Nella Larsen’s novel dramatizes the mercurial and sometimes dangerous consequences of a person's performance of self in the public.

Nov 4, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Elias Rodriques

Richard Wright’s Lost Novel

Richard Wright’s Lost Novel Richard Wright’s Lost Novel

In The Man Who Lived Underground, Wright offers a gothic tale of police violence and urban surrealism.

May 3, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Elias Rodriques

John Edgar Wideman

The Craft of John Edgar Wideman The Craft of John Edgar Wideman

A conversation with one of the greatest living Black American writers on work, life, and why good fiction is like a game of basketball.

Apr 26, 2021 / Back Page / Elias Rodriques

Abolition Is a Collective Vision: An Interview With Mariame Kaba

Abolition Is a Collective Vision: An Interview With Mariame Kaba Abolition Is a Collective Vision: An Interview With Mariame Kaba

A conversation about how the pandemic has raised the stakes for the abolition movement, collective care, and a world without prisons.

Mar 29, 2021 / Back Page / Elias Rodriques

Claudia Rankine’s Dialogue With America

Claudia Rankine’s Dialogue With America Claudia Rankine’s Dialogue With America

In Just Us, the poet offers a searing assessment of racism and loneliness in today’s America. But while she’s pessimistic about the present, she’s also hopeful about the future.

Oct 6, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Elias Rodriques

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