Left Turns in Brown Study

by Sandra Ruiz

In Left Turns in Brown Study Sandra Ruiz offers a poetic-theoretical inquiry into the interlacing forms of study and mourning. Drawing on Black and Brown activism and theory, Ruiz interweaves poetry, memoir, lyrical essay, and vignettes to examine study as an emancipatory practice. Proposing "brown study" as key for understanding how Brownness harbors loss and suffering along with the possibility for more abundant ways of living, Ruiz invites...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478030127
• ISBN13: 9781478030126
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"