TODAY at 1:30 PST/4:30 EST: I'll be LIVE on @positivetalkradio.bsky.social . Tune in at www.youtube.com/live/Uzwov5L... to hear me talk about how we can access voices from the past--and how YOU can preserve your family's history for future generations.

#FreemansChallenge
@uchicagopress.bsky.social

I'm immensely grateful for this review of #FreemansChallenge. "Written in an accessible narrative style that recalls the blockbuster narrative histories of David Grann... Freeman's Challenge advances an abolitionist understanding of the prison industrial complex." Thank you, @nfesette.bsky.social!

I am THRILLED to be on this longlist! And to be in such great company. Thank you, Massachusetts Center for the Book!

@uchicagopress.bsky.social #massbookawards #freemanschallenge #bookaward

This Wednesday at noon, I'll be in conversation with the extraordinary @ibramxk.bsky.social about #PrisonForProfit and my book #FreemansChallenge. Hope you can join us--live or online! Link in comments below.

@uchicagopress.bsky.social
@hutchinscenter.bsky.social

I'm delighted that #FreemansChallenge has won the Montaigne Medal. This award honors books that "illuminate, progress, or redirect thought." I'm grateful for this honor! @uchicagopress.bsky.social

I'm thrilled to speak at the Newburyport Literary Festival
with Toussaint Losier about #FreemansChallenge and the true origins of #PrisonForProfit (spoiler: it didn't start in the South, and it began half a century before the #13thAmendment).

@nbptlitfest.bsky.social
@uchicagopress.bsky.social

It's out! I'm so grateful for this interview by Kate Tuttle in today's Boston Globe. We talked about my book #FreemansChallenge, the origins of American #PrisonForProfit, and the necessity of respecting pain.

@uchicagopress.bsky.social
@bostonglobe.com
@katetuttle.bsky.social

I spoke with @katekilla.bsky.social for @bostonglobe.com about #FreemansChallenge, #PrisonForProfit, and the importance of acknowledging #pain. Digital today, in print this Sunday. I am beyond thrilled, beyond grateful.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/13/a... @uchicagopress.bsky.social

I'm so grateful that @scaseycontent.bsky.social shared his acting talent and insightful interpretation for the #audiobook of #FreemansChallenge! Check out this snippet. You'll want to hear more of his beautiful voice.

@uchicagopress.bsky.social

I was so happy to talk with Mickell Carter and the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about #PrisonForProfit, #slavery, & the Afro-Native American teenager who challenged this emerging form of unfreedom in 1840s #NewYork.
newbooksnetwork.com/robin-bernst...
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Please join me and the brilliant @lisabiggs.bsky.social for a wide-ranging conversation about prisons, capitalism, and theatre! Feb. 19 at the Boston Athenaeum.
@bostonathena.bsky.social
@uchicagopress.bsky.social
#FreemansChallenge
#HealingStage
#PrisonForProfit
#AuthorLife
#AuthorInterview

I had a fantastic conversation with @jimsanfrancisco.bsky.social about #slavery, the North, and the true origins of #PrisonForProfit.

#WilliamFreeman
#FreemansChallenge
#Prisons
#Abolition
#AuthorInterview