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(0)Danielle S. Allen
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
xii, 243 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The author relates how her cousin was imprisoned at the age of fifteen for attempted carjacking and how she took him in upon his release, only to lose him to the deadly streets of South Central L.A.
"A shattering work that shifts between a woman's private anguish over the loss of her beloved baby cousin and a scholar's fierce critique of the American prison system, Danielle Allen's Cuz seeks answers to what, for many years, felt unanswerable. Why?...
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Publication Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xvi, 828 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Bringing together reporting, profiles, memoir and criticism from The New Yorker to present a bold and complex portrait of black life in America, told through stories of private triumphs and national tragedies, political vision, and artistic inspiration throughout history.
"A collection of The New Yorker's groundbreaking writing on race in America--including work by James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Hilton Als, Zadie Smith, and more--with...