Printed Word Reviews lands J. Chester Johnson's racial healing series

Printed Word Reviews has signed poet and historian J. Chester Johnson to host past and new installments of his "For Racial Healing" series. The move expands a personal, anti-racism project built around local, one-to-one reconciliation and broader public discussion of race in America.

Why it matters: - Printed Word Reviews is giving Johnson's "For Racial Healing" series a new home and a wider audience. - The partnership could broaden access to a body of writing focused on local racial healing, personal accountability, and direct relationship-building. - The site will republish foundational essays and add new commentary over the next year.

What happened: - Printed Word Reviews signed award-winning poet, essayist and historian J. Chester Johnson to a new collaboration. - The agreement gives the publication rights to host past installments and upcoming releases from Johnson's "For Racial Healing" series. - The series will appear at Printed Word Reviews articles. - The rollout includes new releases over the next year.

The details: - Johnson originally launched "For Racial Healing" as a personal, philosophical digital project on his own website. - The series presents a framework for addressing American racism and pursuing localized racial healing. - Printed Word Reviews plans to feature republished editions of essays including "To Begin With..." and "The Loneliness of the White Writer on Racial Healing." - The site will also publish brand-new, never-before-published commentary on the state of race relations in America. - Johnson is the bestselling author of Damaged Heritage: The Elaine Race Massacre and A Story of Reconciliation (Pegasus Books/Simon & Schuster). - Johnson wrote that book after learning his grandfather took part in the 1919 Elaine Race Massacre. - Johnson later spent seven years in a racial-healing relationship with Sheila L. Walker, a descendant of the Black sharecroppers attacked by his grandfather's white posse. - The series will expand on three core ideas: the "One-to-One" Protocol, dismantling "Filiopietism," and the path of "Authentic Passion." - The "One-to-One" Protocol emphasizes localized Black-to-white allyships over large institutional silos. - "Filiopietism" refers to excessive veneration of ancestors and family traditions that can obscure white supremacy. - "Authentic Passion" calls for a deliberate commitment to understand Black history, culture and personhood. - Ted Olczak, publisher of Printed Word Reviews, said Johnson's work offers a roadmap for dismantling systemic division. - Johnson said racial healing requires close personal human relationships rather than generic corporate statements or detached academic theories. - Johnson said the partnership will bring the essays to a wider readership and give readers practical tools for racial healing in their communities. - The company describes Printed Word Reviews as a literary publication focused on award-winning authors, books, culture, history and the written word. - Johnson's background also includes work as one of the translators of the Psalms for the Episcopal Church's Book of Common Prayer alongside W. H. Auden. - Johnson is also known for the 9/11 memorial poem "St. Paul's Chapel." - Johnson's website is jchesterjohnson.com.

Between the lines: - The partnership frames racial healing as a literary and cultural project, not just a political one. - The emphasis on republishing core essays suggests Printed Word Reviews wants to build an archive as well as a launchpad for new writing. - Johnson's personal family history remains central to the series, which gives the work moral force and a first-person point of view.

What's next: - Printed Word Reviews will roll out republished essays and new commentary over the coming year. - Readers can expect the series to keep developing its argument that racial healing starts with individual relationships and local action. - More information is available through the company's announcement.