03047cam a2200325 4500 528208148 TxAuBib 20211107120000.0 ||||||s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780807081556 0807081558 0e69cc1a-73f2-45e1-b901-4b9ec1495f8e OverDrive (Reserve ID) 4668695 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Perry, Imani. Breathe [OverDrive] : A Letter to My Sons. Beacon Press, 2019. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 123MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 123MB. Biography & Autobiography. Sociology. African American Nonfiction. Nonfiction. HTML:<b>2020 Chautauqua Prize Finalist</b><br /> <b>2020 NAACP Image Award Nominee - Outstanding Literary Work (Nonfiction)</b><br /> <b>Best-of Lists: Best Nonfiction Books of 2019 (<i>Kirkus Reviews</i>) · 25 Can't-Miss Books of 2019 (<i>The Undefeated</i>)<br /></b><br /> <b>Explores the terror, grace, and beauty of coming of age as a Black person in contemporary America and what it means to parent our children in a persistently unjust world.</b><br /> Emotionally raw and deeply reflective, Imani Perry issues an unflinching challenge to society to see Black children as deserving of humanity. She admits fear and frustration for her African American sons in a society that is increasingly racist and at times seems irredeemable. However, as a mother, feminist, writer, and intellectual, Perry offers an unfettered expression of love—finding beauty and possibility in life—and she exhorts her children and their peers to find the courage to chart their own paths and find steady footing and inspiration in Black tradition.<br /> Perry draws upon the ideas of figures such as James Baldwin, W. E. B. DuBois, Emily Dickinson, Toni Morrison, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Ida B. Wells. She shares vulnerabilities and insight from her own life and from encounters in places as varied as the West Side of Chicago; Birmingham, Alabama; and New England prep schools.<br /> With original art for the cover by Ekua Holmes, <i>Breathe</i> offers a broader meditation on race, gender, and the meaning of a life well lived and is also an unforgettable lesson in Black resistance and resilience. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/4668695-Breathe.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=0e69cc1a-73f2-45e1-b901-4b9ec1495f8e&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/4668695-Breathe.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=0e69cc1a-73f2-45e1-b901-4b9ec1495f8e&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)