Black love letters / edited by Cole Brown and Natalie Johnson ; art by Natalie Johnson ; [foreword by John Legend]
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York, NY : Get Lifted Books, 2023Edition: First editionDescription: xxii, 217 pages : illustrations ; 19 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1638931208
- 9781638931201
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Main Library | NonFiction | New | 808.8693 B627 | Checked out | 05/28/2024 | 33111011230519 |
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As seen on ABC's The View * One of W magazine's Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2023
"We reserve this space for our humanity in all of its fond, ironic, elated, grief-stricken, confused glory . . . When you find yourself alone and downtrodden, when the news is too much, return to these pages. This one is for you." --from the introduction by Cole Brown and Natalie Johnson
"There's something particularly special about Black Love. When you consider the history of our people, the strife and adversity we've overcome, love seems an almost illogically ambitious act of resistance." --from the foreword by John Legend
From celebrated Black writers, creators, and thinkers--and with a foreword by John Legend--comes a collection of letters and original illustrations on the subject of Black love, a powerful and heartfelt celebration of Blackness in all its many forms.
In this exquisite anthology of letters and illustrations, Cole Brown and Natalie Johnson bring together a constellation of influential Black figures to write to the people, places, and moments that mean the most to them. With a foreword from John Legend and contributions from Brontez Purnell, Morgan Jerkins, Reverend Al Sharpton, and Dr. Imani Perry, among many others, Black Love Letters is an ode to a phenomenal community: a testament to the fact that where there has been pain and suffering, there has also always been immeasurable, irrepressible joy and love.
With letters from: Akili King * Reverend Al Sharpton * Alexandra Elle * Allisa Charles-Findley * Barbara Edelin * Belinda Walker * Ben Crump * Bill Whitaker * Bilquisu Abdullah * Brianna Holt * Brontez Purnell * Cole Brown * Danez Smith * Dick Parsons * Deborah Willis * Doug Jones * Douglas Kearney * Imani Perry * Jamila Woods * Jan Menafee * Jayne Allen * Jeh Charles Johnson * Jenna Wortham * Jonathan Capehart * John Legend * Joel Castón * Joy-Ann Reid * Justus Cornelius Pugh * Kwame Dawes * Lynae Vanee Bogues * Mahogany Browne * Malachi Elijah * Michael Eric Dyson * Morgan Jerkins * Nadia Owusu * Natalie Johnson * Raka Reynolds * Rhianna Jones * Chef Rōze Traore * Sojourner Brown * Tarana Burke * Tembe Denton-Hurst * Topaz Jones * Tracey Michae'l Lewis-Giggetts * VJ Jenkins
In this exquisite anthology of letters and illustrations, Cole Brown and Natalie Johnson bring together a constellation of influential Black figures to write to the people, places, and moments that mean the most to them. With a foreword from John Legend and contributions from Brontez Purnell, Morgan Jerkins, Reverend Al Sharpton, and Dr. Imani Perry, among many others, Black Love Letters is an ode to a phenomenal community: a testament to the fact that where there has been pain and suffering, there has also always been immeasurable, irrepressible joy and love.
Foreword by John Legend -- Introduction -- I. Care : Jamila Woods to Joycetta ; Tembe Denton-Hurst to her younger sister ; Nadia Owusu to her colleagues ; Joy-Ann Reid to her hair ; Bilquisu Abdullah on queer love ; Rakia Reynolds to Skai, Zoie, and Brammie ; Akili King to her unborn niece ; Joel Castón to dimples ; Barbara Edelin to Ken -- II. Awe : Morgan Jerkins to Egype ; Ben Crump to Thurgood Marshall ; Lynae Vanee Bogues on Black love ; Dick Parsons to jazz ; Douglas Kearney to Black-assed rasp ; Michael Eric Dyson to the Black church ; Imani Perry on Black love as grace ; Belinda Walker to Black America -- III. Loss : Allisa Charles-Findley to Botham Jean ; Jeh Charles Johnson to mom ; Tarana Burke to grandma ; Natalie Johnson to her namesake ; Bill Whitaker to dad ; Justus Cornelius Pugh to ancestors ; Rhianna Jones to dad ; Mahogany Browne to Erika -- IV. Ambivalence : Topaz Jones on "worry" ; Reverend Al Sharpton to his grandson ; Brianna Holt to self ; Jayne Allen to Blackness ; Kwame Dawes on fishing ; Cole Brown to Mama Brown ; VJ Jenkins to his unrequited love -- V. Transformation : Tracey Michae'l Lewis-Giggetts to Louisville ; Alexandra Elle to self ; Deborah Willis to her son ; Brontez Purnell to eleven-year-old Michael Jackson ; Chef Rōze Traore to mom ; Sojourner Brown to self ; Jenna Wortham to inner critic ; Jan Menafee to water ; Danez Smith to family, Alphabet Mafia, Tish ;n; nem, Jayson nem, Langston nem, and maybe you ; Malachi Elijah to my Black body.