The New York Times bestselling author of “Begin Again” confronts America’s unfinished story in this blistering reassessment of race, freedom, and the myths that bind us.

A Cappella Books proudly welcomes Eddie S. Glaude Jr. to the Performing Arts Studio at Emory University for a discussion of his highly-anticipated new book, "America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation's Anniversaries."

Glaude will appear in conversation with Erica Armstrong Dunbar, award-winning historian, professor, and author of the National Book Award finalist “Never Caught.”

Tickets include a signed first edition of “America, U.S.A.."

Please note: Although tickets are non-refundable, if you cannot attend, your ticket still entitles you to a signed copy of the book. A Cappella Books will hold your book for one month from the event date. You may pick it up in-store or call us to request shipping.

About the Book

Celebrated public intellectual Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. presents a groundbreaking analysis of the vicious cycles of American history and the country’s enduring refusal to face its true nature—especially at the moments when national anniversaries steer us back toward the mythology meant to disguise the truth.

"America, U.S.A.," deliberately formulated and beautifully written, details a heart-wrenching exploration of America’s legacy. It is a magnificently complex combination of lessons and voices—from W.E.B. DuBois and John Dos Passos to Herman Melville and Martin Luther King, Jr.—that, together, paint a sprawling and honest tableau of the United States, its complicated past, and ever more tenuous future. Glaude’s is a powerful voice of conscience in our tumultuous world. He pulls no punches, calling on us to interrogate our conceptions of innocence and freedom and the stories we tell ourselves about our past and present.

Centered around the major celebrations of America’s milestone birthdays across 250 years of history, the book offers a riveting look at the battles over who has a stake in writing the American story. Devastatingly candid, profoundly moving, and deeply reflective, America, U.S.A. is a shining meditation on how we must reckon with a grim past in order to strive for the better angels of our future.

About the Author

Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor at Princeton University and author of New York Times bestselling “Begin Again” and “Democracy in Black.”