<div>An anthology of newspaper columns from the 19th century to the present&mdash;&ldquo;engaging eyewitness pieces [that] elicit admiration, wonder and gasps of surprise&rdquo; (Kirkus Reviews). Deadline Artists: America&rsquo;s Greatest Newspaper Columns drew together some of the finest examples of America&rsquo;s greatest unsung literary form: the newspaper column. In this new Deadline Artists collection, some of America&rsquo;s greatest journalists take on the stories of scandal, tragedy, triumph, and tribute that have defined the spirit of their age. This is history written in the present tense, offering high drama and enduring wisdom. Walk with Jack London in the aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake or grieve with Walt Whitman over the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Watch as Watergate unfolds, sex scandals explode, the Twin Towers collapse, and winning home runs capture the thrill of a comeback capped with a World Series victory. Contributors include: Jack London, H.L. Mencken, Dorothy Thompson, Richard Wright, Damon Runyon, Shirley Povich, Murray Kempton, Mike Ryoko, Ruben Salazar, Mary McGrory, Mike Barnicle, Molly Ivins, Pete Hamill, Carl Hiaasen, Nicholas Kristof, Leonard Pitts, Steve Lopez, Peggy Noonan, and Mitch Albom.</div>

Deadline Artists—Scandals, Tragedies & Triumphs

<div>&ldquo;An unsettling, compelling first novel about secrets, illness, and the role of African-American men in society and family life.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly (starred review) This powerful novel of three generations of black men bound by blood&mdash;and by histories of mutual love, fear, and frustration&mdash;gives Pulitzer Prize&ndash;winning writer Leonard Pitts the opportunity to explore the painful truths of black men&rsquo;s lives, especially as they play out in the fraught relations of fathers and sons. As fifty-year-old Mo tries to reach out to his increasingly tuned-out son Trey (who himself has become an unwed teenaged father), he realizes that the burden of grief and anger he carries over his own estranged father has everything to do with the struggles he encounters with his son. Part road novel, part character study, and part social critique, and written in compulsively readable prose, Before I Forget is the work of a major new voice in American fiction. Pitts knows inside and out the difficulties facing black men as they grapple with the complexities of their roles as fathers. &ldquo;Pitts is a master storyteller with a keen eye for both social trends and the human heart.&rdquo; &mdash;Tananarive Due, American Book Award-winning author &ldquo;A beautiful, tragic and riveting work.&rdquo; &mdash;Shelf Awareness (selected as one of top ten novels of 2009) &ldquo;A gripping story of regret, revenge, unconditional love, acceptance, and ultimately forgiveness.&rdquo; &mdash;Atlanta Daily World</div>

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<div>A former slave embarks on a hellish journey through the post-Civil War South to reunite with his wife, in this novel by the Pulitzer Prize&ndash;winning author. With the news of General Lee&rsquo;s surrender, Sam, a runaway slave who served in the Union Army, decides to leave his refuge in Philadelphia. He sets out on foot on an almost-suicidal journey through the terrifying, war-torn South to Buford, Mississippi, to find Tilda, the wife he was sold away from fifteen years ago. He knows quite well that his chances are slim . . . Prudence Kent, meanwhile, is heading to Buford on a different mission. The headstrong, wealthy, white war widow is leaving her Boston home to honor her abolitionist father&rsquo;s dying wish: to open a school for the emancipated slaves . . . And Tilda is headed elsewhere. Her owner, Jim McFarland, is holding her at gunpoint, forcing through the charred remains of his farm and off to Arkansas, in search of a haven that will still respect his entitlements as a slaveowner and Confederate officer . . . An epic, American love story and novel touching on issues we still wrestle with long after official end of the Civil War, Freeman is, as Howard Frank Mosher of the Washington Post writes, &ldquo;an important addition to the literature of slavery and the Civil War, by a knowledgeable, compassionate and relentlessly truthful writer determined to explore both enslavement in all its malignancy and also what it truly means to be free.&rdquo; Perfect for fans of Cold Mountain Praise for Freeman &ldquo;Leonard Pitts has a passion for history and a gift for storytelling. Both shine in this story of love and redemption, which challenges everything we thought we knew about how our nation dealt with its most stubborn stain.&rdquo; &mdash;Gwen Ifill, PBS, author of The Breakthrough &ldquo;Columnist Leonard Pitts turns out a pretty powerful love story.&rdquo; &mdash;Audie Cornish, All Things Considered &ldquo;Pulitzer Prize&ndash;winning columnist Pitts once again demonstrates his gift for historical fiction . . . . In lyrical prose, Pitts unflinchingly and movingly portrays the period&rsquo;s cruelties, and triumphs in capturing the spirit of the times through eminently-identifiable lead characters.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly, starred review</div>

Freeman

<div>Two Chicago newspapermen grapple with race and the past in this contemporary terrorist thriller by the Pulitzer Prize&ndash;winning author of Freeman. Disillusioned Chicago columnist Malcolm Toussaint, fueled by yet another report of unarmed Black men killed by police, hacks into his newspaper&rsquo;s server to post an incendiary column that had been rejected by his editors. Toussaint then disappears, and his longtime editor, Bob Carson, is summarily fired within hours of the column&rsquo;s publication. While a furious Carson tries to find Toussaint&mdash;while dealing with the reappearance of a lost love from his days as a &lsquo;60s activist&mdash;Toussaint is abducted by two white supremacists plotting to bomb Barack Obama&rsquo;s planned rally in Grant Park. Toussaint and Carson are forced to reckon with the choices they made as young men, when both their lives were changed profoundly by their work in the civil rights movement . . . Grant Park is a page-turning and provocative look at black and white relations in contemporary America, blending the absurd and the poignant in a powerfully well-crafted narrative that showcases Pitts&rsquo;s gift for telling emotionally wrenching stories. Praise for Grant Park &ldquo;A taut thriller that weaves together a stark look at America&rsquo;s tortured racial past with a fast-paced tale of terrorist conspiracy and love rekindled.&rdquo; &mdash;Neil Steinberg, Chicago Sun Times &ldquo;A page-turner, but also one that commands deep reflection on history, racism, and personal choices.&rdquo; &mdash;Blanca Torres, The Seattle Times &ldquo;Layered, insightful, and passionate. Pitts&rsquo;s subtly explosive language grips readers with the delicate subject matter and earnestly implores them to understand that &ldquo;[race] has always meant something and it always will.&rdquo; The scars will remain, but stunningly powerful examinations like Grant Park can be the salve that helps heal open wounds.&rdquo; &mdash;Shelf-Awareness, starred review</div>

Grant Park

<div>Three Americans in the Jim Crow South face enormous changed triggered by World War II in this epic novel by the Pulitzer-winning author of Freeman. Could you find the courage to do what&rsquo;s right in a world on fire? An affluent white marine survives Pearl Harbor at the cost of a black messman&rsquo;s life only to be sent, wracked with guilt, to the Pacific and taken prisoner by the Japanese. A young black woman, widowed by the same events at Pearl Harbor, finds unexpected opportunity and a dangerous friendship in a segregated Alabama shipyard feeding the war. Meanwhile, a black man, who as a child saw his parents brutally lynched, is conscripted to fight Nazis for a country he despises and discovers a new kind of patriotism in the all-black 761st Tank Battalion . . . Set against a backdrop of violent racial conflict on both the front lines and the home front, The Last Thing You Surrender explores the powerful moral struggles of individuals from a divided nation. What does it take to change someone&rsquo;s mind about race? What does it take for a country and a people to move forward, transformed? Praise for The Last Thing You Surrender &ldquo;A story of our nation at war, with itself as well as tyranny across the globe. It&rsquo;s an American tapestry of hatred, compassion, fear, courage, and cruelties, leavened with the promise of triumph. A powerful story I will not soon forget.&rdquo; &mdash;James R. Benn, author of the Billy Boyle WWII mysteries &ldquo;Seamlessly integrates impressive research into a compelling tale of America at war&mdash;overseas, at home, and within ourselves, as we struggle to find the better angels of our nature. Pitts poignantly illustrates ongoing racial and class tensions, and offers hope that we can overcome hatred by refusing to sacrifice dignity.&rdquo; &mdash;Booklist, starred review</div>

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