The Warmth of Other Suns is one of three books President Obama took with him on vacation to Martha’s Vineyard. The two others were novels, Cutting for Stone and To the End of the Land. Made news around the world — from Poland to Vietnam.
Author of The Warmth of Other Suns
The Warmth of Other Suns is one of three books President Obama took with him on vacation to Martha’s Vineyard. The two others were novels, Cutting for Stone and To the End of the Land. Made news around the world — from Poland to Vietnam.
"Told in a voice that echoes the magic cadences of Toni Morrison or the folk wisdom of Zora Neale Hurston's collected oral histories, Wilkerson's book pulls not just the expanse of the migration into focus but its overall impact on politics, literature, music, sports — in the nation and the world."
—Lynell George, Los Angeles TimesPhoto Left: Author's mother standing at a no-standing sign in Washington, D.C.
Author Photo by Joe Henson, NYC