Bibb Country

“Bibb Country is a searing meditation on one American family’s tangled origins, inseparable from the region where its members labored, struggled, and eventually strived. Its interrogation of the personal, the public, and the political is always vibrant, often intense, and consistently illuminating. Lonnae O’Neal stares history in the face and doesn’t blink once.”
—Jabari Asim, author of We Can’t Breathe

“Lonnae O’Neal’s deeply intimate Bibb Country is a revelation, a reckoning, and an elegy that should be taught in every high school and college history class in this country. She unearths six generations of her family’s history against the backdrop of our nation’s shameful legacy of enslavement, sexual violence, and injustice, and its present-day incarnations. With righteous rage and a voice that ignites the page, O’Neal is a wonder and a truth-teller.”
—Deesha Philyaw, author of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies

“This book is a gift—a deeply personal family treasure unearthed by the author and graciously passed along to you, the reader. With meticulous attention to detail, Lonnae chronicles a multi-generational story of beauty, brutality, and resilience that fills the space between the pages of American history. Along the way, a vision of who we are as both a people and a nation comes into sharp, unforgettable focus. A truly amazing literary work.”
—Aaron McGruder, creator of The Boondocks

“Bibb Country made me happily reconsider everything I knew about land writing—Lonnae O’Neal patiently ushers forth a new genre in this breathtaking literary feat.”
—Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy: An American Memoir

LONNAE O’NEAL is a senior writer for Andscape. Prior to that, she was a Washington Post reporter and columnist for more than two decades. She is the author of I’m Every Woman- Remixed Stories of Marriage, Motherhood, and Work.

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