Black ink : literary legends on the peril, power, and pleasure of reading and writing
2018
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Spanning over 250 years of history, 'Black Ink' traces black literature in America from Frederick Douglass to Ta-Nehisi Coates in this masterful collection of 25 illustrious and moving essays on the power of the written word. Throughout American history black people are the only group of people to have been forbidden by law to learn to read. This unique collection seeks to shed light on that injustice and subjugation, as well as the hard-won literary progress made, putting some of America's most cherished voices in a conversation in one magnificent volume that presents reading as an act of resistance.
Main title:
Black ink : literary legends on the peril, power, and pleasure of reading and writing / edited by Stephanie Stokes Oliver ; foreword by Nikki Giovanni.
Author:
Oliver, Stephanie Stokes, editor
Imprint:
New York : 37 Ink, 2018.
Collation:
272 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9781501154287 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
BRN:
365297