Sisters
of the Desert Sun is reading Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates for
December. This will be a powerful and intense way to cap off a year that
saw a great deal of social upheaval. With the ongoing discourse regarding civil
and humanitarian issues, disparities in the judicial system and the militarization
of local police departments, this read is right on time. We are looking forward
to sharing our thoughts with some of the men in our community dedicated to
making a difference in all of our lives. Please visit our Facebook page where I
will be posting analysis, interviews and reviews of this national award winning
book.
From the
Publisher
In
a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history
and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi
Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation’s history
and current crisis. Americans have built an empire on the idea of “race,” a
falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on the bodies of black
women and men—bodies exploited through slavery and segregation, and, today,
threatened, locked up, and murdered out of all proportion. What is it like to
inhabit a black body and find a way to live within it? And how can we all
honestly reckon with this fraught history and free ourselves from its burden?
Between
the World and Me is Ta-Nehisi Coates’s attempt to answer these questions
in a letter to his adolescent son. Coates shares with his son—and readers—the
story of his awakening to the truth about his place in the world through a
series of revelatory experiences, from Howard University to Civil War
battlefields, from the South Side of Chicago to Paris, from his childhood home
to the living rooms of mothers whose children’s lives were taken as American
plunder. Beautifully woven from personal narrative, reimagined history, and fresh,
emotionally charged reportage, Between the World and Me clearly
illuminates the past, bracingly confronts our present, and offers a
transcendent vision for a way forward.
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