Tiya Miles Toward Living Memory
b'For Black History Month: a MacArthur \\u201cgenius\\u201d who\\u2019s unearthing an especially painful chapter of the American experience \\u2014 the intersecting history of African-Americans and Native Americans, and the little-known narratives that Cherokee landowners held black slaves. Even with history this difficult, Tiya Miles shows us the possibility of stretching the canvas of the past wide enough to hold both hard truths and healing.'