Black Is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine by Emily Bernard

Black Is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine

Emily Bernard

nonfiction autobiography biography essays literary memoir emotional reflective medium-paced

240 pages

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"Blackness is an art, not a science. It is a paradox: intangible and visceral; a situation and a story. It is the thread that connects these essays, but its significance as an experience emerges randomly, unpredictably. . . . Race is the story of ...
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reflective 89%
emotional 67%
informative 37%
challenging 30%
hopeful 21%
inspiring 19%
sad 12%
funny 7%
lighthearted 5%
tense 5%
dark 1%

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