A Darker Wilderness Black Nature Writing from Soil to Stars
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Nein
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Ja
Erscheinungsdatum
27.12.2024
Herausgeber
Eric SharkeyVerlag
Milkweed EditionsSeitenzahl
298 (Printausgabe)
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6771 KB
Sprache
Englisch
EAN
9781571317346
"Imaginative, vexing, joyful, and heartbreaking reflections about the explorations of Black Americans in nature." -Orion A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year A Library Journal Recommended Read of the Year A Ms. Magazine Most Anticipated Book of the Year In A Darker Wilderness, a constellation of luminary writers reflects on the significance of nature in their lived experience and on the role of nature in the lives of Black folks in the United States. Each of these essays engages with a single archival object, whether directly or obliquely, exploring stories spanning hundreds of years and thousands of miles, traveling from roots to space and finding rich Blackness everywhere. Erin Sharkey considers Benjamin Banneker's 1795 almanac, as she follows the passing of seasons in an urban garden in Buffalo. Naima Penniman reflects on a statue of Haitian revolutionary François Makandal, within her own pursuit of environmental justice. Ama Codjoe meditates on rain, hair, protest, and freedom via a photo of a young woman during a civil rights demonstration in Alabama. And so on-with wide-ranging contributions from Carolyn Finney, Ronald Greer II, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Sean Hill, Michael Kleber-Diggs, Glynn Pogue, Katie Robinson, and Lauret Savoy-unearthing evidence of the ways Black people's relationship to the natural world has persevered through colonialism, slavery, state-sponsored violence, and structurally racist policies like Jim Crow and redlining. A scrapbook, a family chest, a quilt-and an astounding work of historical engagement and literary accomplishment-A Darker Wilderness is a collection brimming with abundance and insight.
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