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The William E. Massey Sr. Lectures Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of The William E. Massey Sr. Lectures books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: April 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the The William E. Massey Sr. Lectures series? Start with "The American Newness (By: Irving Howe)" (1986) and follow publication order through all 24 books.
The complete The William E. Massey Sr. Lectures reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
The American Newness (By: Irving Howe)
1986
Highbrow/Lowbrow (By: Lawrence W. Levine)
1988
Revolutions (By: David Brion Davis)
1990
Playing in the Dark
1992
The Southern Tradition (By: Eugene D. Genovese)
1994
Writing Was Everything (By: Alfred Kazin)
1998
The Dissent of the Governed (By: Stephen L. Carter)
1998
Achieving Our Country (By: Richard M. Rorty)
1999
The Real American Dream (By: Andrew Delbanco)
1999
To Be the Poet (By: Maxine Hong Kingston)
2002
Reporting the Universe (By: E.L. Doctorow)
2003
Circles and Lines (By: John Putnam Demos)
2004
Architecture as Signs and Systems (By: Robert Venturi)
2004
Reshaping the Work-Family Debate (By: Joan C. Williams)
2010
Tiger Writing (By: Gish Jen)
2013
Three Songs, Three Singers, Three Nations (By: Greil Marcus)
2015
Just a Journalist (By: Linda Greenhouse)
2017
Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir
1987
Go the Way Your Blood Beats
1996
The Good Parts
2000
Black Satin
2004
Women of Color Pray
2012
Writers: Their Lives and Works
2018
On Girlhood: 15 Stories from the Well-Read Black Girl Library
2021
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