Incite: With ten writers, in ten regions, America's elders make history

The stories of Black, Latine, Asian, Indigenous, and queer elders in America have been inadequately preserved by institutional archives, and award-winning writer Jacqueline Woodson has taken it upon herself to address the gaps in our collective memory.

Author Eve L. Ewing’s collection—narrated through interviews with 20 elders—explores Black migration to and within Chicago, from the Great Migration to the legacies of displacement within the city. Writer Jenna “J” Wortham’s collection explores first-person accounts of queer pleasure on East Coast waterfronts, as well as the ways that these locations have become a site for queer exploration, expression, resistance, and ultimately, survival. The project’s ten collections have different geographic foci, but share a common interest in migratory trajectories and identity formation.

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