Jesse Williamsbook recommendations

Jesse Williams on Guns, Germs, and Steel
"Helped rid me of the nagging incompleteness in my understood connection between the successes and failings of ancient and modern civilizations."

Jesse Williams on The Fountainhead
"The protagonist’s audacious self-confidence and refusal to compromise his artistic vision—which was to say, himself—was a fascinating thing to survey."

Jesse Williams on Song of Solomon
"The characters’ dilemmas just rocked my world in high school."

Jesse Williams on The Souls of Black Folk
"A seminal work in American and African-American literature."

Jesse Williams on A Confederacy of Dunces
"F*cking funny, vivid, and adventurous. Sometimes that’s what we need."