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

by Emily Bernard

Book Overview

"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 my life, and therefore black is the body of this book."

In these twelve deeply personal, connected essays, Bernard details the experience of growing up black in the south with a family name...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1101972416
• ISBN13: 9781101972410
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Vintage
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.9"