Caleb Gayle

A flyer for the Tucson Festival of books, March 14-15, University of Arizona Campus, with me Carrie Gibson

Less than a month to go until the Tucson Festival of Books ❤️So excited for conversations with @renatakeller.bsky.social @tomzoellner.bsky.social and @calebgayle.bsky.social Also looking forward to hearing @mkn.bsky.social Check out the schedule here: tinyurl.com/nhkj2xmp

Thanks, Jacob! Hope your students enjoy! Always happy to zoom into classes to talk with your students

Thanks for reposting and sharing my story @clintsmithiii.bsky.social

Means a lot!

Headshot of journalist Caleb Gayle with DEPTH PERCEPTION branding and quote: “I feel as if journalists share a lot of methods, whether they realize it or not, with anthropologists and historians.” - Caleb Gayle

Congratulations to @calebgayle.bsky.social, whose new book "Black Moses" was named a best book of the year by The New York Times, The Washington Post, Kirkus, and Publishers Weekly!

Congratulations to @calebgayle.bsky.social for making, ya know, pretty much every best books list of 2025. So well deserved.

100 Notable Books of 2025

✨ Honored to share that Black Moses has been selected as one of The New York Times’ 100 Notable Books of 2025. @riverheadbooks.bsky.social

Thank you for reading, sharing, teaching, and holding this story. 📚✨ www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...

Wonderful!

Thanks so much @davidgrann.bsky.social

A belated but huge congratulations to @calebgayle.bsky.social for the release of his superb work of history, which was longlisted for the National Bool Award!

Caleb Gayle on Black Settlers in the American West Journalist Caleb Gayle joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss his new book Black Moses: A Saga of Ambition and the Fight for a Black State, which recounts the efforts of …

Journalist @calebgayle.bsky.social
joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social
to discuss his new book Black Moses: A Saga of Ambition and the Fight for a Black State.
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Headshot of journalist Caleb Gayle with DEPTH PERCEPTION branding and quote: “I feel as if journalists share a lot of methods, whether they realize it or not, with anthropologists and historians.” - Caleb Gayle

Journalist @calebgayle.bsky.social’s new book "Black Moses" made the Longlist for the National Book Award.

When @jennaschnuer.bsky.social caught up with Gayle for DEPTH PERCEPTION last month, Gayle shared how he collaborated with historians on the book.

🎉Today we're celebrating two Riverhead titles on the @nationalbook.bsky.social Nonfiction Longlist! 🎉

CONGRATULATIONS to @calebgayle.bsky.social and Jordan Thomas on this recognition of their incredible and important books!!!

Still can’t believe it

2025 National Book Awards Longlist for Nonfiction The ten contenders for the National Book Award for Nonfiction

Congratulations, @calebgayle.bsky.social!!! BLACK MOSES is a contender for the National Book Award in Nonfiction!!! @nationalbook.bsky.social @riverheadbooks.bsky.social

www.nationalbook.org/2025-nationa...

Amen

Headshot of journalist Caleb Gayle with DEPTH PERCEPTION branding and quote: “I feel as if journalists share a lot of methods, whether they realize it or not, with anthropologists and historians.” - Caleb Gayle

Journalist @calebgayle.bsky.social’s new book is his first major work relying on nothing but the historical record and — he emphasizes — collaboration with historians.

His hope is that "there's greater mind share, skill sharing, content sharing" between journalists and historians in the future.

The Christian Women Who Helped Build the American West - Christianity Today Reformers like Elizabeth Rous Comstock were not animated by conquest, but earnest—and complicated—charity towards Black migrants.

"Reformers like Elizabeth Rous Comstock were not animated by conquest, but earnest—and complicated—charity towards Black migrants."

Awesome piece by Caleb Gayle @calebgayle.bsky.social in Christianity Today; and excited about his new book, Black Moses 📚
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/08/chri...

Headshot of journalist Caleb Gayle with DEPTH PERCEPTION branding and quote: “I feel as if journalists share a lot of methods, whether they realize it or not, with anthropologists and historians.” - Caleb Gayle,

In his new book, "Black Moses: A Saga of Ambition and the Fight for a Black State," journalist @calebgayle.bsky.social ‪continues his exploration of murky histories, reporting a story that doesn't have straightforward heroes or villains.

The Quixotic Crusade to Create an All-Black State in Oklahoma

Congrats @calebgayle.bsky.social on getting a book reviewed by The New York Times!

Check it out here: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/b...

The Quixotic Crusade to Create an All-Black State in Oklahoma

"Today, with the White House attempting to control discussion of African American history...BLACK MOSES is a useful reminder that for nearly a century after the Civil War, what was called democracy was indistinguishable from white power." @calebgayle.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/b...

Dream of a lifetime to have Greg Grandin call my work timely and useful. Raves like this come so seldom that you have to treasure it!

Caleb Gayle will present “Black Moses: A Saga of Ambition and the Fight for a Black State” on Saturday, September 27th! 📚 @calebgayle.bsky.social

@calebgayle.bsky.social's new book is out this week! Join us on Nov. 19 at 7pm for a book talk and signing with the author: camd.northeastern.edu/events/book-...

This Visionary African American Politician Dreamed of Creating an All-Black State in Oklahoma Territory Edward P. McCabe petitioned Benjamin Harrison for an opportunity to show him that Black people "are men and women capable of self‑government." When the president was unmoved, McCabe and his followers ...

BLACK MOSES @calebgayle.bsky.social, excerpted this week in @smithsonianmag.bsky.social: "It is the story of trying, why we cannot stop trying, and why being able to try is worth remembering at all." @riverheadbooks.bsky.social

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How New England built the Plains - The Boston Globe When a fugitive slave was caught in Boston in 1854, many civic leaders were outraged — but they wouldn’t challenge slavery directly. So they found an outlet for their conscience on the frontier.

"[T]he moral decisions we must make [today] haven’t gotten easier. Who we detain, whose histories we erase, which freedoms we underfund.... The difference now is that there’s no Kansas to send our convictions to." @calebgayle.bsky.social @bostonglobe.com
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/10/o...

Review: Meet the man who tried to establish a Black state within the U.S. Nonfiction: Caleb Gayle’s gorgeous “Black Moses” illuminates a forgotten figure from our racial past.

@hamiltoncain.bsky.social calls BLACK MOSES @calebgayle.bsky.social "eloquent" & "engrossing." "Gayle does more than just rescue a forgotten yet crucial figure; he places McCabe at the center of radical liberation." @riverheadbooks.bsky.social @startribune.com www.startribune.com/edward-mccab...

August 2025 Books By Black Authors We Can't Wait to Read | The Root The summer may be almost over, but great books by Black authors are still coming in hot.

Tx to @therootdotcom.bsky.social for featuring BLACK MOSES @calebgayle.bsky.social in its August Books round-up! @riverheadbooks.bsky.social @thegernertco.bsky.social

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22 Books Coming in August

Love seeing Caleb Gayle's superb BLACK MOSES (Riverhead, Aug 12) on this list!

@nytimes.com @calebgayle.bsky.social @riverheadbooks.bsky.social @thegernertco.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/b...

The Rev William Barber’s ‘moral movement’ confronts Trump’s America. Can it work? In weekly nonviolent protests that channel the civil rights tradition, the faithful rally to end poverty and injustice

I have a new piece out today in @theguardian.com on Rev. William Barber and the moral movement: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Gotta love a STARRED review from the fine folks at @publisherswkly.bsky.social. Can’t wait for you all to get your hands on this new one