Black Love Letters
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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 hrair ; 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.
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.
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PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Get Lifted Books, [2023]
Year Published: 2023
Description: 217 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1638931208
9781638931201
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Brown, Cole,
Johnson, Natalie Marguerite,
Legend, John,
King, Akili,
Sharpton, Al,
Elle, Alexandra,
Charles-Findley, Allisa,
Edelin, Barbara,
Walker, Belinda (Producer)
Crump, Benjamin, 1969-
Whitaker, Bill, 1951-
Abdullah, Bilquisu,
Holt, Brianna, 1995-
Purnell, Brontez,
Smith, Danez,
Parsons, Richard D., 1948-
Willis, Deborah, 1948-
Jones, Doug (Author of Prime Real Estate)
Kearney, Douglas,
Perry, Imani, 1972-
Woods, Jamila, 1989-
Menafee, Jan,
Allen, Jayne, 1978-
Johnson, Jeh Charles, 1957-
Wortham, Jenna, 1981-
Capehart, Jonathan,
Castón, Joel,
Reid, Joy-Ann Lomena,
Pugh, Justus Cornelius,
Dawes, Kwame Senu Neville, 1962-
Bogues, Lynae Vanee,
Browne, Mahogany L.,
Elijah, Malachi,
Dyson, Michael Eric,
Jerkins, Morgan,
Owusu, Nadia, 1981-
Reynolds, Rakia,
Jones, Rhianna,
Traore, Rōze,
Brown, Sojourner,
Burke, Tarana,
Denton-Hurst, Tembe,
Jones, Topaz,
Lewis-Giggetts, Tracey M.,
Jenkins, V. J.
SUBJECTS
Love-letters.
Letters.
African Americans -- Literary collections.
Black people -- Literary collections.
Love -- Literary collections.
Love letters.