The Nation

Nell Irvin Painter’s Chronicles of Freedom

The radical histories of Nell Irvin Painter. A new career-spanning book offers a portrait of Painter’s career as a historian, essayist, and most recently visual artist. On May Day in 1933 in ...
PBS

Nell Painter: She Just Keeps Talking

Artist, historian and bestselling author Nell Painter on her new book of essays and art. Artist, historian and bestselling author Nell Irvin Painter on her new book: “I Just Keep Talking,” a ...
KCRW

Nell Painter on being 'old' in art school

Nell Irvin Painter is a celebrated historian, and the author of books such as “The History of White People” and “Creating Black Americans.” When she retired as a professor of American history from ...
The Washington Post

Nell Irvin Painter’s understanding of America is beautiful and bracing. We should listen.

Nell Irvin Painter’s understanding of America is beautiful and bracing. We should listen. “I Just Keep Talking” brings together wide-ranging and pointed essays by the author of “The History of White ...
The New York Times

She Wrote ‘The History of White People.’ She Has a Lot More to Say.

“I Just Keep Talking,” a collection of essays and artwork by the historian Nell Irvin Painter, captures her wide-ranging interests and original mind. By Jennifer Szalai When you purchase an ...