Skip To Content
    This post has not been vetted or endorsed by BuzzFeed's editorial staff. BuzzFeed Community is a place where anyone can create a post or quiz. Try making your own!

    6 Books You Should Read By New MacArthur Fellows

    Today 21 new MacArthur Genius Grant recipients were named. These "exceptionally creative individuals " will certainly create great things in the future, but plenty of them have awesome works you can read today! Here are 6 to help you discover the world's newest official geniuses.

    1. Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama by Alison Bechdel

    2. Sharing Our Stories of Survival: Native Women Surviving Violence by Sarah Deer

    3. Wind in a Box by Terrance Hayes

    4. A Bright New Boise by Samuel D. Hunter

    5. Mahmoud Darwish: The Poet's Art and His Nation by Khaled Mattawa

    6. Confronting Racism: The Problem and the Response by Jennifer Lynn Eberhardt