The Matter of Black Lives, Jelani Cobb
The Matter of Black Lives, Jelani Cobb
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The Matter of Black Lives
Writing from The New Yorker

Author: Jelani Cobb, David Remnick

Narrator: JD Jackson, Adjoa Andoh, January LaVoy, Maggi-Meg Reed, Jane Copland, Kaleo Griffith

Unabridged: 30 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 09/28/2021

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

A collection of The New Yorker‘s groundbreaking writing on race in America—including work by James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Hilton Als, Zadie Smith, and more—with a foreword by Jelani CobbThis anthology from the pages of the New Yorker provides a bold and complex portrait of Black life in America, told through stories of private triumphs and national tragedies, political vision and artistic inspiration. It reaches back across a century, with Rebecca West’s classic account of a 1947 lynching trial and James Baldwin’s “Letter from a Region in My Mind” (which later formed the basis of The Fire Next Time), and yet it also explores our current moment, from the classroom to the prison cell and the upheavals of what Jelani Cobb calls “the American Spring.” Bringing together reporting, profiles, memoir, and criticism from writers such as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Elizabeth Alexander, Hilton Als, Vinson Cunningham, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Malcolm Gladwell, Jamaica Kincaid, Kelefa Sanneh, Doreen St. Félix, and others, the collection offers startling insights about this country’s relationship with race. The Matter of Black Lives reveals the weight of a singular history, and challenges us to envision the future anew. 

About Jelani Cobb

Jelani Cobb is a historian and dean of Columbia Journalism School. A staff writer at The New Yorker since 2015, he is a recipient of the Sidney Hillman Award for Opinion and Analysis, as well as fellowships from the Ford Foundation and the Fulbright Foundation. He lives in New York City. 

About David Remnick

David Remnick has been the editor of The New Yorker since 1998 and a staff writer since 1992. His books include the Pulitzer Prize-winning Lenin’s Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire, King of the World: Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero, The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama, and two collections of his magazine pieces.


Reviews

Rinkinys sudarytas iš senų ir visiškai šviežių New Yorkeryje skelbtų esė. Pirmąją J. Baldwino esė "Letter From a Region In My Mind" implantuočiau į smegenis visiems, nepaisant odos spalvos. Likusias - visiems svaigstantiems apie baltųjų pirmenybę.......more

Goodreads review by Sahitya

This is a very thoughtful collection of essays from the New Yorker spanning more than five decades, which gives us a historical view of the evolution of Black experience in the country. With essays by great authors like James Baldwin and Toni Morrison whose works I haven’t read before, more contempo......more

Goodreads review by Shelley

It was a long book, but I really enjoyed all of it! Below are a few quotes I found interesting, All Chapters were articles from the New Yorker. Part 1: Reflections Do I really want to be integrated into a burning house? How can you hate a group of people for being who they are? Part 3: Political Scene Pa......more