After nearly 34 years behind bars, my friend and co-author Jens Soering has finally won some measure of justice. The Virginia Parole Board has paroled…

Here’s a milestone that I can’t let pass unnoticed: My friend, mentor and inspiration George Sizemore celebrated his 100th birthday this week. Uncle George, as…

My dog-and-pony shows about my family’s slave-owning history resume this fall with an appearance in Virginia Beach. I’ll give an illustrated lecture, “Overcoming Amnesia: Uncovering…

Summer is for reading (among other things), so it seems like a good time for another spate of book talks and signings. Here’s the schedule…

One of the most gripping true-crime stories of the 20th century is getting some new – and richly deserved – national attention. And it all…

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…