How We Write Now: Living with Black Feminist Theory

by Jennifer C. Nash

In How We Write Now Jennifer C. Nash examines how Black feminists use beautiful writing to allow writers and readers to stay close to the field's central object and preoccupation: loss. She demonstrates how contemporary Black feminist writers and theorists such as Jesmyn Ward, Elizabeth Alexander, Christina Sharpe, and Natasha Trethewey mobilize their prose to ask readers to feel, undo, and reassemble themselves. These intimate invitations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478030461
• ISBN13: 9781478030461
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"