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van_essa's review against another edition
4.5
Incredibly insightful and engaging must read, such an important work in understanding the relation between representation and life for life in “the wake” of slavery
jamie_chan's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
slow-paced
4.5
my biggest takeaway is the idea that slavery is a "past that is not yet past;" it comes to rupture the present. being "in the wake" means grappling with the state violence being enacted on Black bodies from the middle passage to the mediterranean crisis, condemned in its singularity but condoned in the climate of antiblackness. sharpe draws connections across space and time to demonstrate how Black death constitutes the political arithmetic of the current world order, and how we can seek liberation and care in the excesses of these narratives.
nilescrane's review against another edition
4.0
i loved the format the author crafted with this, and the lens of the wake!