A Measure of Belonging

America is at a crossroads. We are searching for home in places where belonging and identity are often contested. Editor Cinelle Barnes takes this search to the South, a place haunted by a history of exclusion and discrimination. In A Measure of Belonging: Writers of Color on the New American South, twenty-one writers share powerful experiences of living, working, and writing during this complicated time. These essays examine issues of sex, gender, academia, family, immigration, health, social j