unCommon Authors, an Author Video Series: THE WATERBEARERS by Sasha Bonét

By Coll Rowe | August 11 2026 | College & University Reads

PRH Education/Common Reads presents:

unCommon Authors
unCommon Authors is a monthly video series highlighting exceptional and
unique authors talking about their books.

 

Sasha Bonét, author of The Waterbearers is a powerful new voice, telling the American story through three generations of Black mothers.

 

Sasha Bonét author photo

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Sasha Bonét is a writer and cultural critic based in New York City. Her criticism and essays have appeared in The Paris ReviewApertureNew York Magazine, Vogue, and BOMB, among other publications. Bonét is a professor of creative writing for Columbia University and Barnard College.

A Memoir of Mothers and Daughters
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“[A] profound story about all Black women, and about the effects of racism in all Black lives. . . . [O]bservant, thoughtful and poetic, in the best sense. [Bonét’s] account of both her family history and the lives of her tributaries show off her gifts to the fullest.” —The New York Times

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