The UIP book Beyond the White Negro: Empathy and Anti-Racist Reading by Kimberly Chabot Davis has won the 2014 Lois P. Rudnick Book Prize, sponsored by the New England American Studies Association (NEASA).
The book focuses on how white engagement with African American cultural texts can lead to empathy between races.
The award will be presented to the author at the association’s annual conference on October 18, 2014
Read an interview with Kimberly Chabot Davis about Beyond the White Negro here.