The Love Songs of W. E. B. Du Bois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers (English) Hardcove

Description: The Love Songs of W. E. B. Du Bois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers "Published in 2022 by arrangement with Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers"--Title page verso. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The 2020 National Book Award-nominated poet makes her fiction debut with this magisterial epic--an intimate yet sweeping novel with all the luminescence and force of Homegoing; Sing, Unburied, Sing; and The Water Dancer--that chronicles the journey of one American family, from the centuries of the colonial slave trade through the Civil War to our own tumultuous era.The great scholar, W. E. B. Du Bois, once wrote about the Problem of race in America, and what he called "Double Consciousness," a sensitivity that every African American possesses in order to survive. Since childhood, Ailey Pearl Garfield has understood Du Boiss words all too well. Bearing the names of two formidable Black Americans--the revered choreographer Alvin Ailey and her great grandmother Pearl, the descendant of enslaved Georgians and tenant farmers--Ailey carries Du Boiss Problem on her shoulders.Ailey is reared in the north in the City but spends summers in the small Georgia town of Chicasetta, where her mothers family has lived since their ancestors arrived from Africa in bondage. From an early age, Ailey fights a battle for belonging thats made all the more difficult by a hovering trauma, as well as the whispers of women--her mother, Belle, her sister, Lydia, and a maternal line reaching back two centuries--that urge Ailey to succeed in their stead.To come to terms with her own identity, Ailey embarks on a journey through her familys past, uncovering the shocking tales of generations of ancestors--Indigenous, Black, and white--in the deep South. In doing so Ailey must learn to embrace her full heritage, a legacy of oppression and resistance, bondage and independence, cruelty and resilience that is the story--and the song--of America itself. Details ISBN1432895060 Publisher Thorndike Press Language English Year 2022 ISBN-10 1432895060 ISBN-13 9781432895068 Publication Date 2022-03-09 Format Hardcover Imprint Thorndike Press Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2022-03-09 NZ Release Date 2022-03-09 US Release Date 2022-03-09 UK Release Date 2022-03-09 Pages 1025 Author Honoree Fanonne Jeffers Edition Description Large type / large print edition DEWEY 813.54 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:158507556;

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