Black Joy: Stories of Resistance, Resilience, and Restoration
Black Joy: Stories of Resistance, Resilience, and Restoration
Lewis-Giggetts
product information
Condition: New, UPC: 9781982176556, Publication Date: Tue, February 1, 2022, Type: Hardcover ,
join & start selling
description
8With deeply personal and uplifting essays in the vein of Black Girls Rock, You Are Your Best Thing, and I Really Needed This Today, this is "a necessary testimony on the magic and beauty of our capacity to live and love fully and out loud" (Kerry Washington).

When Tracey M. Lewis-Giggetts wrote an essay on Black joy for The Washington Post, she had no idea just how deeply it would resonate. But the outpouring of positive responses affirmed her own lived experience: that Black joy is not just a weapon of resistance, it is a tool for resilience.

With this book, Tracey aims to gift her community with a collection of lyrical essays about the way joy has evolved, even in the midst of trauma, in her own life. Detailing these instances of joy in the context of Black culture allows us to recognize the power of Black joy as a resource to draw upon, and to challenge the one-note narratives of Black life as solely comprised of trauma and hardship.

"Lewis-Giggetts etches a stunning personal map that follows in her ancestors' footsteps and highlights their ability to take control of situational heartbreak and tragedy and make something better out of it....A simultaneously gorgeous and heartbreaking read" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).

reviews

Be the first to write a review

member goods

No member items were found under this heading.

notems store

The Rinehart Frames

by Mphanza, Cheswayo

Paperback /Paperback

$14.96

Pillar of Books

by Moon, Bo Young

Paperback /Paperback

$12.00

KJV, Deluxe Reference Bible, Super ...

by Thomas Nelson

Hardcover /Imitation Leather

$37.49

listens & views

WISH (MOD)

by REDMAN,JOSHUA

COMPACT DISC

$13.75

LIVE AT THE WHISKEY GIRL ...

by GREEN,JOEY

COMPACT DISC

out of stock

$12.75

THROWING NO ROSES

by HOUSE OF LEAVES

COMPACT DISC

out of stock

$9.99

Return Policy

All sales are final

Shipping

No special shipping considerations available.
Shipping fees determined at checkout.
promoting relevance through notable postings ]
share it, buy it, sell it ]

A notem is a post that highlights an experience, idea, topic of interest, an event ... whatever a member believes worthy of discussion. Each notem becomes a pathway by which to make meaningful connections.

notems is a free, global social network that rewards members by the number and quality of notems they post.

notemote® © . Privacy Policy. Developed by Hartmann Software Group