Read until you understand : the profound wisdom of Black life and literature /

""A masterpiece. . . . Farah Jasmine Griffin's magical words enchant and empower us like those of her towering heroes." -Cornel West. Farah Jasmine Griffin's beloved father died when she was nine, bequeathing her an unparalleled inheritance in closets full of remarkable book...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Griffin, Farah Jasmine (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, [2021]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	American literature > African American authors > History and criticism. African Americans > Intellectual life. African Americans > Social conditions. Griffin, Farah Jasmine > Books and reading. LITERARY CRITICISM / American / African American & Black. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / African American & Black. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs. Books and reading. Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Legacy, love, learning
The question of mercy
Black freedom and the idea(l) of America
The quest for justice
Rage and resistance
Death
The transformative potential of love
Joy and something like self-determination
Cultivating beauty
Of gardens and grace.