Clint Smith

Gebundenes Buch

How the Word Is Passed

A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

Beschreibung

Examines the legacy of slavery by highlighting the continued preservation of monuments and landmarks that hold violent and racist symbolism.

Autor

Clint Smith is a staff writer at The Atlantic. He is the author of the narrative nonfiction book, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America, which was a #1 New York Times bestseller and one of the New York Times Top Ten Books of 2021. He is also the author of the poetry collection Counting Descent. The book won the 2017 Literary Award for Best Poetry Book from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association and was a finalist for an NAACP Image Award. He has received fellowships from New America, the Emerson Collective, the Art For Justice Fund, Cave Canem, and the National Science Foundation. His writing has been published in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Poetry Magazine, The Paris Review and elsewhere. Born and raised in New Orleans, he received his B.A. in English from Davidson College and his Ph.D. in Education from Harvard University. 

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Little Brown and Company
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 156mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 528g
• ISBN-13: 9780316492935
• ISBN-10: 0316492930
• Artikelnr.: 60984066