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Griffin, Farah Jasmine

 
9781324022046: Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature
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ISBN 10 : 1324022043 ISBN 13 : 9781324022046
Editeur : WW Norton & Co, 2022

Synopsis

Farah Jasmine Griffin has taken to her heart the phrase "read until you understand," a line her father, who died when she was nine, wrote in a note to her. She has made it central to this book about love of the majestic power of words and love of the magnificence of Black life.

Griffin has spent years rooted in the culture of Black genius and the legacy of books that her father left her. A beloved professor, she has devoted herself to passing these works and their wisdom on to generations of students.

Here, she shares a lifetime of discoveries: the ideas that inspired the stunning oratory of Frederick Douglass and Malcolm X, the soulful music of Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder, the daring literature of Phillis Wheatley and Toni Morrison, the inventive artistry of Romare Bearden and many more. Exploring these works through such themes as justice, rage, self-determination, beauty, joy and mercy allows her to move from her aunt's love of yellow roses to Gil Scott-Heron's "Winter in America."

Griffin entwines memoir, history and art while she keeps her finger on the pulse of the present, asking us to grapple with the continuing struggle for Black freedom and the ongoing project that is American democracy. She challenges us to reckon with our commitment to all the nation's inhabitants and our responsibilities to all humanity.

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À propos de l'auteur

Farah Jasmine Griffin is professor of African American and African diaspora studies and English and comparative literature at Columbia University. The author of numerous books and the recipient of a 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship, she lives in New York.

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Éditeur
WW Norton & Co
Date d'édition
2022
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1324022043
ISBN 13 
9781324022046
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
288
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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