Press and Reviews.

The New Yorker. “An Artist on How He Survived the Chain Gang.” May 10, 2021.

Starred Review. Publisher’s Weekly. May 10, 2021.

Starred Review. “An Ultimately Uplifting Journey from the Ugliness of Virulant Racism to the Beauty of Art,” Kirkus Reviews. July 1, 2021.

Starred Review. Booklist. July 1, 2021.

Morning Edition. National Public Radio. Debbie Elliott interview with Patsy Rembert and Erin Kelly. “The Late Winfred Rembert Documented His Life with Art.” August 11, 2021.

Starred Review. Bookpage. August 17, 2021.

The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library. WABE’s Lois Reitzes interviews Patsy Rembert and Erin Kelly. August 17, 2021. Excerpts here.

The New Haven Register. “New Haven Artist and Lynching Survivor Shares Life Story in Posthumous Memoir,” August 26, 2021.

Republican-American. “Winfred Rembert: Memoir from Beyond the Grave,” August 28, 2021.

The New York Times. “Newly Published” September 1, 2021.

Chicago Review of Books. “12 Must-Read Books of September.” September 1, 2021.

The Washington Informer. Book Reviews: ‘How the Word is Passed’ by Clint Smith and ‘Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist’s Memoir of the Jim Crow South’ by Winfred Rembert. September 1, 2021.

The Arts Fuse. "Chasing Me to My Grave - An Indispensable Black Voice." September 6, 2021.

Chicago Review of Books. “People, Places, and Leather in Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist’s Memoir of the Jim Crow South,” September 7, 2021.

Harvard Magazine. “Hiding in a Tick Mattress: Winfred Rembert’s Escape Up a Georgia Rail Line.” September-October 2021.

Literary Hub. “How White Violence Turned a Peaceful Civil Rights Demonstration into Mayhem.” September 7, 2021.

Bookforum. "The Escape Artist: Winfred Rembert's Memoir of Imprisonment and Freedom." Sept/Oct/Nov 2021.

Black Classic Press host Paul Coates and Malaika Adero with Patsy Rembert and Erin Kelly. September 19, 2021.

AudioFile. Review of audiobook, featuring Dion Graham and Karen Chilton.September 28, 2021.

Literary Hub. “Here are September’s Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies.” September 29, 2021.

New Haven Independent. "How Winfred Rembert Made it Home," . October 1, 2021.

Hyperallergic. Your Concise New York Art Guide for October 2021. October 1, 2021.

On the Seawall, hosted by Ron Slate. Review by Jean Huets. October 5, 2021.

WAMC-FM. “The Roundtable” Book Picks. October 5, 2021.

African American Literature Book Club, Bestselling Books. Sept/Oct. 2021.

Longlist for Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence, Nonfiction 2022.

Audiobook Narrator/Director/Producer Dion Graham nominated by the Society of Voice Arts and Sciences for Best Voiceover, Biography 2021.

Library Journal review. November 1, 2021.

ARTnews. Best Art Books to Buy as Holiday Gifts. November 17, 2021.

Chicago Tribune. Best Books to Give 2021. November 24, 2021.

NPR Books. Books We Love 2021. November 2021.

BookPage. Best Nonfiction of 2021. December 2021.

Tufts Now. “A Life Survived in the Jim Crow South.” December 14, 2021.

Oprah Daily. Staff book pick. December 2021.

Equal Justice Initiative. New Books Educate Readers About Injustice. December 24, 2021.

Booklist. Top of the List 2021, Adult Nonfiction. January 1, 2022.

Booktube Prize. Octafinalist. March 8, 2022.

Oxford American. “Coda for Winfred Rembert,” by Rebecca Bengal. 3oth Anniversary Edition. Spring 2022.

2022 Pulitzer Prize in Biography. Pulitzer Prize Announcement. May 9, 2022.

Associated Press. "Joshua Cohen, the late Winfred Rembert win arts Pulitzers." May 9, 2022.

ARTnews. Painter Winfred Rembert Posthumously Wins a Pulitzer for His Blistering Memoir of Racism and Incarceration. Alex Greenberger. May 9, 2022.

The Boston Globe. "Tufts philosopher Erin Kelly wins Pulitzer Prize for biography written with artist Winfred Rembert." May 10, 2022.

The Tufts Daily. "Tufts Professor Erin Kelly wins Pulitzer Prize." May 10, 2022.

Artnet. "Two Visual Artists, Winfred Rembert and Raven Chacon, Have Been Awarded Pulitzer Prizes for Biography and Music." Amah-Rose Abrams. May 10, 2022.

New Haven Independent. "Winfred Rembert Wins Posthumous Pulitzer." Paul Bass. May 11, 2022.

CT Insider. CT artist posthumously wins Pulitzer for memoir about Jim Crow South. TinaMarie Craven. May 11, 2022.

Hartford Courant. "New Haven artist Winfred Rembert awarded Pulitzer posthumously for his memoir of living through the Jim Crow South." Christopher Arnott. May 11, 2022.

The Atlanta Journal Constitution. "Book Notes: Georgia author wins posthumous Pulitzer Prize." Suzanne Can Atten. May 13, 2022.

Georgia Public Radio. "Georgia's latest Pulitzer Prize winner awarded posthumously." Orlando Montoya interview with Erin Kelly and Patsy Rembert. May 26, 2022.

Art in Literature: The Mary Lynn Kotz Award. The Library of Virginia and the Virginia Museum and Fine Arts. September 2022.

The Pulitzer Prize Awards Ceremony. Columbia University. October 20, 2022.

"Where We Live." Connecticut Public Radio. "Celebrating the life and legacy of New Haven resident Winfred Rembert," October 24, 2022.

Tavis Smiley talks with Erin Kelly. October 26, 2022.

LoveBabz LoveTalk with Babz Rawls-Ivy: Patsy Rembert and Elizabeth Hinton. October 26, 2022.

Hartford Courant. "From a Near Lynching and Prison to a Pulitzer Prize. A Connecticut Artist and Writer's Life Story Resonates Today." October 28, 2022.

New Haven Independent. "Rembert's Rep Rises at NXTHVN Celebration." October 31. 2022.

Yale Daily News. "NXTHVN celebrates life of local artist and activist Winfred Rembert." Nov 1, 2022.