Engaged Scholar

Americus: A Novel

"With this novel, Datcher joins August Wilson and Toni Morrison as an American storyteller." —P. Gabrielle Forman

Animating Black and Brown Liberation: A Theory of American Literatures

"Michael Datcher posits a bold new way of approaching a variety of important texts ... This volume is a thought-provoking addition to the world of literary criticism." —Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Raising Fences

New York Times Bestseller. "Riveting."—USA Today

Dr. Michael Datcher is an engaged scholar and the author of the critically-acclaimed New York Times Bestseller Raising Fences (a TODAY SHOW Book Club Pick), the novel AMERICUS and the book of literary theory ANIMATING BLACK AND BROWN LIBERATION: A Theory of American Literatures.