Memory and Modernity: A PEN Out Loud Reading List (17 books)

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 — 1,541 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
2	Insurrections by Rion Amilcar Scott (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 320 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
3	What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays by Damon Young 4.14 avg rating — 4,738 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
4	Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series) by Hanif Abdurraqib 4.46 avg rating — 6,626 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
5	Heavy by Kiese Laymon (Goodreads Author) 4.47 avg rating — 45,108 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
6	A Lucky Man by Jamel Brinkley 3.89 avg rating — 2,200 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
7	Wade in the Water: Poems by Tracy K. Smith 4.08 avg rating — 3,794 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
8	We Cast a Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin (Goodreads Author) 3.62 avg rating — 5,166 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
9	Lot by Bryan Washington 3.74 avg rating — 10,393 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
10	We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates 4.38 avg rating — 30,914 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
11	Speaking of Summer by Kalisha Buckhanon (Goodreads Author) 3.25 avg rating — 1,714 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
12	The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom 3.89 avg rating — 25,394 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
13	How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 119,552 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
14	Heads of the Colored People by Nafissa Thompson-Spires 4.11 avg rating — 7,970 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
15	Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry by Imani Perry 4.28 avg rating — 1,535 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
16	Dear Martin (Dear Martin, #1) by Nic Stone (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 85,555 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
17	Monument: Poems New and Selected by Natasha Trethewey 4.39 avg rating — 713 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