Author and poet Clint Smith joins Ben and Khalil to talk about his new collection of poetry, “Above Ground.” They also discuss his previous book, “How the Word Is Passed,” a series of essays evaluating how America reckons with and memorializes slavery.

To learn more about Clint Smith and order his books, go to his website: https://www.clintsmithiii.com/

Further reading: 

Tyre Nichols Wanted to Capture the Sunset - Clint Smith, The Atlantic 

Monuments to the Unthinkable - Clint Smith, The Atlantic

Author and poet Clint Smith joins Ben and Khalil to talk about his new collection of poetry, “Above Ground.” They also discuss his previous book, “How the Word Is Passed,” a series of essays evaluating how America reckons with and memorializes slavery.
To learn more about Clint Smith and order his books, go to his website: <a href="https://www.clintsmithiii.com/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.clintsmithiii.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1678308056700000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2oQcJnndNTV7JXOmHwj4z3">https://www.clintsmithiii.com/</a>
Further reading: 
<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/02/tyre-nichols-memphis-police-sunset/672926/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/02/tyre-nichols-memphis-police-sunset/672926/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1678308056700000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1Xd6-G-81dpF-nIP8oZNwp">Tyre Nichols Wanted to Capture the Sunset - Clint Smith, The Atlantic </a>
<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/12/holocaust-remembrance-lessons-america/671893/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/12/holocaust-remembrance-lessons-america/671893/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1678308056700000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0bn_SCI8ItGLIbcgUzqQu7">Monuments to the Unthinkable - Clint Smith, The Atlantic</a>

Some of My Best Friends Are… is a podcast hosted by Khalil Gibran Muhammad and Ben Austen, two best friends who grew up together on the South Side of Chicago in the 1980s. Today a Harvard professor and an award-winning journalist, Khalil and Ben still go to each other to talk about their experiences with the absurdities and intricacies of race in America. In Some of My Best Friends Are..., they invite listeners into their unfiltered conversations about growing up together in a deeply-divided country, and navigating that divide as it exists today.

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How to Write the Past & Future with Clint Smith

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