Black is the body : stories from my grandmother's time, my mother's time, and mine / Emily Bernard.

"A collection of essays on race"-- "An extraordinary exquisitely written memoir (of sorts) that looks at race in a fearless, penetrating, honest, true way. ... 'I am black-and brown, too,' writes Emily Bernard. 'Brown is the body I was born into. Black is the body of the stories I tell.' These twelv...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bernard, Emily, 1967- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2019]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Bernard, Emily, > 1967-
African American women > Biography.
African Americans > Social conditions > 21st century.
African American women.
African Americans > Social conditions.
Race relations.
United States > Race relations.
United States.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays.
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / African American.
2000-2099
Autobiographies.
Genre:
Biography.
Autobiographies.
Physical Description:xiii, 217 pages ; 20 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Going home
  • Scar tissue
  • Teaching the N word
  • Interstates
  • Mother on Earth
  • Black is the body
  • Skin
  • White friend
  • Her glory
  • Motherland
  • People like me
  • Epilogue: my turn.