Black Love Letters (eBook)

Cole Brown, Natalie Johnson (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
Zando (Verlag)
978-1-63893-121-8 (ISBN)

Infos

As seen on ABC's The View * One of W magazine's Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2023 * One of Bloomberg's Best Books of 2023"e;We reserve this space for our humanity in all of its fond, ironic, elated, grief-stricken, confused glory . . . When you find yourself alone and downtrodden, when the news is too much, return to these pages. This one is for you."e; -from the introduction by Cole Brown and Natalie Johnson"e;There's something particularly special about Black Love. When you consider the history of our people, the strife and adversity we've overcome, love seems an almost illogically ambitious act of resistance."e; -from the foreword by John LegendFrom celebrated Black writers, creators, and thinkers-and with a foreword by John Legend-comes a collection of letters and original illustrations on the subject of Black love, a powerful and heartfelt celebration of Blackness in all its many forms.In this exquisite anthology of letters and illustrations, Cole Brown and Natalie Johnson bring together a constellation of influential Black figures to write to the people, places, and moments that mean the most to them. With a foreword from John Legend and contributions from Brontez Purnell, Morgan Jerkins, Reverend Al Sharpton, and Dr. Imani Perry, among many others, Black Love Letters is an ode to a phenomenal community: a testament to the fact that where there has been pain and suffering, there has also always been immeasurable, irrepressible joy and love.With letters from: Akili King * Reverend Al Sharpton * Alexandra Elle * Allisa Charles-Findley * Barbara Edelin * Belinda Walker * Ben Crump * Bill Whitaker * Bilquisu Abdullah * Brianna Holt * Brontez Purnell * Cole Brown * Danez Smith * Dick Parsons * Deborah Willis * Doug Jones * Douglas Kearney * Imani Perry * Jamila Woods * Jan Menafee * Jayne Allen * Jeh Charles Johnson * Jenna Wortham * Jonathan Capehart * John Legend * Joel Caston * Joy-Ann Reid * Justus Cornelius Pugh * Kwame Dawes * Lynae Vanee Bogues * Mahogany Browne * Malachi Elijah * Michael Eric Dyson * Morgan Jerkins * Nadia Owusu * Natalie Johnson * Raka Reynolds * Rhianna Jones * Chef Roze Traore * Sojourner Brown * Tarana Burke * Tembe Denton-Hurst * Topaz Jones * Tracey Michae'l Lewis-Giggetts * VJ Jenkins

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.10.2023
• Zusatzinfo: 30 BW illustrations
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Anthologien
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Briefe / Tagebücher
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: activism • African American Studies • African diaspora • Aja Monet • akili king • alex elle • all along you were blooming • Anthologies • barbara edelin • belinda walker • bill whitaker • black culture • Black Futures • black girl come home • Black Joy • Black lives matter • black love • Black Studies • black writers • Brontez Purnell • celebrity books • Dick Parsons • diverse writers • douglas kearney • Elaine Welteroth • Essay collections • fatimah asghar • get lifted books • good immigrant • grey boy finding blackness in a white world • hank willis thomas • henry louis gates • if they come for us • Imani Perry • jamila woods • jasmine mans • Jeh Johnson • joel caston • John Legend • jonathan capehart • Joy Reid • kenya hunt • letter collections • letters to my daughter • Literary Nonfiction • loretta lynch • Love Letters • magical negro • Margaret Busby • Marley Dias • Michaela Coel • Michael Eric Dyson • Morgan Jerkins • morgan parker • NAACP Image Award • Narrative nonfiction • Reverend Al Sharpton • Rupi Kaur • Social Justice • sojourner brown • Ta-Nehisi Coates • Tarana Burke • Teju Cole • tembe denton hurst • vj jenkins • Yara Shahidi • yusef salaam
• ISBN-10: 1-63893-121-6 / 1638931216
• ISBN-13: 978-1-63893-121-8 / 9781638931218