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Black on Black

On Our Resilience and Brilliance in America

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Publisher Description

*From the Viral Clark Atlanta University Commencement Speaker*
*From the Georgia Author of the Year Award Winner*
*A Zibby's Most Anticipated Book of 2023*
*A "Next Big Idea Club" Must-Read Book for January*
*An Essence "Books by Black Authors to Read This Winter" Pick*
*An Ebony Entertainment "Required Reading" Book for January*
*A Lambda Literary "Most Anticipated LGBTQIA+ Literature" for January*
*A Southern Review of Books Best Book of January*

A piercing collection of essays on racial tension in America and the ongoing fight for visibility, change, and lasting hope

“There are stories that must be told.”

Acclaimed novelist and scholar Daniel Black has spent a career writing into the unspoken, fleshing out, through storytelling, pain that can’t be described.

Now, in his debut essay collection, Black gives voice to the experiences of those who often find themselves on the margins. Tackling topics ranging from police brutality to the AIDS crisis to the role of HBCUs to queer representation in the black church, Black on Black celebrates the resilience, fortitude, and survival of black people in a land where their body is always on display.

As Daniel Black reminds us, while hope may be slow in coming, it always arrives, and when it does, it delivers beyond the imagination. Propulsive, intimate, and achingly relevant, Black on Black is cultural criticism at its openhearted best.

GENRE
Nonfiction
RELEASED
2023
January 31
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
256
Pages
PUBLISHER
Hanover Square Press
SELLER
Harlequin Digital Sales Corporation
SIZE
946
KB

Customer Reviews

TheAJReynolds ,

THIS IS A MUST READ!

I just finished “Black on Black” by Dr. Daniel Black, and I am absolutely in awe! This book weaves through the intricacies of Black culture and history in a way that I’ve never imagined. Dr. Black exquisitely uses his life experiences to address racism, homophobia, transphobia, self-loathing, spirituality, and popular culture in a way that stirs the soul. From his critique of integration, to his acknowledgment of the Orishas in Harriett Tubman’s life, to his veneration of the cultivators of Ballroom culture, this book has eternally shifted my world view. It is more than a collection of essays about Black culture. In my estimation, it is a divinely inspired text sent to liberate a generation. It is a call for Black people to be more introspective, more inclusive, and more intimately connected to our ancestral roots. THIS IS A MUST READ FOR EVERY BLACK PERSON! Please do yourself a favor and read this book!

Reke123 ,

Must Read!

Outstanding read. Very insightful.

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