Santa Barbara Observes Black History Month
From Alabama to State Street, Santa Barbarans look back and ahead.
Brian Tanguay
Recent Stories
Review | ‘The Poet and the Prince’
Author Steven Gilbar’s offers up ‘Stories of Forgotten Santa Barbara Writers.’
Elaine Pagels Interviewed
The acclaimed scholar talks grief and resilience in her latest book.
Review | Aaron Glantz’s ‘Homewreckers’
A scorching examination of the greed that crashed the American economy in 2008.
Review | Marjan Kamali’s The Stationery Shop
Ambitious, beautifully executed novel draws the reader in and never lets go.
Elaine Weiss Interviewed
Author of ‘The Woman’s Hour’ talks suffragists, 19th Amendment, history of women’s right to vote.
Review | ‘Keywords’
John Patrick Leary traces the meaning and usage of four dozen words.
Hendrika de Vries’s Moving Memoir
Amsterdam native’s story of her wartime experiences resonate in a world of violence, bigotry, and hatred.
Review | ‘The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote’
Book captures the complexity of a seminal moment in American history.
Review | ‘How to Be an Antiracist’ Is Cogent Analysis of Racism
Author Ibram X. Kendi poses that economic, political, or cultural self-interest drives racist policymakers, not hateful immorality.
