Clay Cane

Clay Cane is an award-winning journalist, radio host, political analyst, and New York Times bestselling author. "The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans from the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump," an instant New York Times bestseller, was released in January 2024. Clay is also the author of "Live Through This: Surviving the Intersections of Sexuality, God, and Race" (2017). His third book, "Burn Down Master's House: A Novel," will be released in February 2026. In 2017, "The Clay Cane Show," a political talk radio show, launched on SiriusXM Urban View channel 126. Clay is the co-editor and contributing writer of the 2012 anthology "For Colored Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Still Not Enough: Coming of Age, Coming Out, and Coming Home." Additionally, he contributed to 2013’s "Where Did Our Love Go: Love and Relationships in the African-American Community." He is a graduate of Rutgers University, Phi Beta Kappa, with a B.A. in English and African American Studies.