9780807076552-0807076554-Breathe: A Letter to My Sons

Breathe: A Letter to My Sons

ISBN-13: 9780807076552
ISBN-10: 0807076554
Edition: First Edition
Author: Imani Perry
Publication date: 2019
Publisher: Beacon Press
Format: Hardcover 184 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780807076552
ISBN-10: 0807076554
Edition: First Edition
Author: Imani Perry
Publication date: 2019
Publisher: Beacon Press
Format: Hardcover 184 pages

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Breathe: A Letter to My Sons (ISBN-13: 9780807076552 and ISBN-10: 0807076554), written by authors Imani Perry, was published by Beacon Press in 2019. With an overall rating of 4.5 stars, it's a notable title among other Black & African American (Cultural & Regional) books. You can easily purchase or rent Breathe: A Letter to My Sons (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Black & African American books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.34.

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2020 NAACP Image Award Nominee - Outstanding Literary Work (Nonfiction)

Best-of Lists: Best Nonfiction Books of 2019 (Kirkus Reviews) · 25 Can't-Miss Books of 2019 (The Undefeated)

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.

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.

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.

With original art for the cover by Ekua Holmes, Breathe 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.
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