Slowly but surely, Americans are coming to grips with the painful legacy of slavery, our nation’s original sin. I told the story of my slave-owning…

I’ll join about three dozen local authors hawking books at the second annual Norfolk Public Library Author Fair at the Slover Library in downtown Norfolk…

Here’s an op-ed I wrote for my old paper, The Virginian-Pilot, about Virginia’s current unpleasantness:   I feel Gov. Ralph Northam’s pain. As a fellow…

February is Black History Month, and that means I’ll have a flurry of events around the state talking up my book Uncle George and Me:…

Here’s the latest from our Department of Shameless Self-Promotion: My new book Uncle George and Me: Two Southern Families Confront a Shared Legacy of Slavery is now…

Books and beer. What’s not to love about that combination? Just in time for last-minute Christmas shopping, I’ll join more than 30 other Virginia authors…

So it’s Giving Tuesday, the kickoff of the charitable giving season, and I know, I know – there are lots of worthy causes out there.…

I’m all verklempt. My book Uncle George and Me: Two Southern Families Confront a Shared Legacy of Slavery has attracted more national attention with a…

Over the next 10 days I’ve got three library gigs in which I’ll do readings from my new book Uncle George and Me: Two Southern…

I’ll join more than 40 authors from all over Virginia and beyond who’ll be hawking books this Saturday, Oct. 20, at the first-ever RVA Booklovers’…