The Black Utopians: Searching for Paradise and the Promised Land in America

Biographical Note:Aaron Robertson is a writer, an editor, and a translator of Italian literature. His translation of Igiaba Scego's Beyond Babylon was short-listed for the 2020 PEN Translation Prize and the National Translation Award, and in 2021 he received a National Endowment for the Arts grant. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Nation, Foreign Policy, n+1, The Point, and Literary Hub, among other publications. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.Review Quotes: "[An] extraordinary new work of history and memoir . . . An unforgettable history of seemingly impossible yet worthwhile dreams." --Gabriel Bump, The Washington Post   "[Robertson] dodges the pitfalls of nostalgia and sentimentality; his anecdotes crackle with immediacy . . . Layered and probing, studded with germane autobiography, The Black Utopians is an extraordinary achievement in narrative nonfiction." --Hamilton Cain, Minneapolis Star-Tribune   "[A] captivating exploration of Black utopian movements in the Uni