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Rion Amilcar Scott and Vinson Cunningham will discuss Scott’s new short story collection, The World Doesn’t Require You, at PEN Out Loud on September 10. In anticipation of their conversation, here are 17 genre-spanning works—memoir to short story to poetry, and more—that consider power and memory in relation to contemporary and historical spaces.

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1	The World Doesn't Require You by Rion Amilcar Scott (Goodreads Author) 3.64 avg rating — 1,557 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1	The Secret Life of a Weight-Obsessed Woman: Wisdom to Live the Life You Crave by Iris Ruth Pastor (Goodreads Author) 4.77 avg rating — 64 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Insurrections by Rion Amilcar Scott (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 319 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays by Damon Young 4.14 avg rating — 4,817 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series) by Hanif Abdurraqib 4.45 avg rating — 6,881 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Heavy by Kiese Laymon (Goodreads Author) 4.46 avg rating — 46,808 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	A Lucky Man by Jamel Brinkley 3.89 avg rating — 2,232 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Wade in the Water: Poems by Tracy K. Smith 4.08 avg rating — 3,941 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	We Cast a Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin (Goodreads Author) 3.61 avg rating — 5,240 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Lot by Bryan Washington 3.74 avg rating — 10,671 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates 4.38 avg rating — 31,369 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Speaking of Summer by Kalisha Buckhanon (Goodreads Author) 3.26 avg rating — 1,753 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom 3.89 avg rating — 25,821 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 121,154 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Heads of the Colored People by Nafissa Thompson-Spires 4.11 avg rating — 8,033 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry by Imani Perry 4.28 avg rating — 1,596 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Dear Martin (Dear Martin, #1) by Nic Stone (Goodreads Author) 4.32 avg rating — 87,262 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Monument: Poems New and Selected by Natasha Trethewey 4.38 avg rating — 735 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars