Black Lives, American Love

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Essays on Race and Resilience

By D.B. Maroon

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In Black Lives, American Love by D.B. Maroon, the author delves into the complexities and intersectionality of race and identity through personal narratives and experiences. The memoir explores the challenges and triumphs faced by black individuals in contemporary America, providing an intimate look at the intersections of culture, love, and social justice. This poignant work offers a reflective and insightful glimpse into the personal and collective journey towards equality.
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This book may appeal to you if you're drawn to powerful personal narratives that delve into the intersection of race, identity, and love in contemporary America. D.B. Maroon offers a deeply moving and insightful exploration of how these themes shape personal and collective experiences, making it a compelling read for those interested in the human stories behind broader social issues.

Black Lives, American Love

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In this hard-hitting collection of essays, D.B. Maroon presents a personal biography of America, Blackness, and racial politics with unflinching style, and delivers a relentless truth-telling on some of the country's fiercest debates and most profound challenges.

From the birthplace of the Black Lives Matter movement to the murders of unarmed Black people, this essay collection invites readers to ask questions as much as it asks for accountability. Moving through debates on the 1619 Project to the rippling impact of resurgent white nationalism, the golden thread of each essay is the hopeful continuance of the Black community, as well as a call to greater truth as the first step toward reconciliation.

Intersectional, personal, and ultimately centered on truth, love, and perseverance, Black Lives, American Love details and tends to the fractures in American culture. It is a meditation on how we can all do more to secure America's vastly beautiful possibilities for all its citizens, rather than a few.

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Black Lives, American Love by D.B. Maroon is praised for its eloquent and perceptive essays exploring Black lives in America. Reviewers commend Maroon's poetic lyricism, historical insight, and ethnographic vision, describing the work as an urgent call to love that addresses anti-Black violence and social issues with a compelling narrative. Personal stories and cultural reporting are highlighted as profound complements to the broader themes of racial inequality, likening her literary voice to that of notable predecessors. The book is deemed essential reading for its powerful narrative on racial conflict and social justice in contemporary America.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781641609326

Publisher: Chicago Review Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 07 November 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Chicago Review Press

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 228.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 256

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Biography & Memoir D.B. Maroon Education & Reference History & Military Non-Fiction

About the Author

D.B. Maroon is an expert on American culture, an anthropologist, and CEO of an urban research institute.Her essays have been published inThe Themed Space: Locating Culture,Nation, and SelfandSpirited: Affirming the Soul and Black Gay/Lesbian Identity.A committed public scholar, she's appeared in Bustle, Shape, Healthline, and Women's Health. She holds a PhD in anthropology from UC Santa Cruz.