Essay books from Jamaica
Recommended essay books (3)
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If you are into essay here are some essay books from Jamaica for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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Don't Let Me Be Lonely by Claudia Rankine EN
Country: North America / Jamaica
Jamaica
Description:
In this powerful sequence of TV images and essay, Claudia Rankine explores the personal and political unrest of our volatile new century I forget things too. It makes me sad. Or it makes me the saddest. The sadness is not really about George W. or our American optimism; the sadness lives in the recognition that a life can not matter. The award-winning poet Claudia Rankine, well known for her experimental multigenre writing, fuses the lyric, the essay, and the visual in this politically and morally fierce examination of solitude in the rapacious and media-driven assault on selfhood that is cont... continue
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Report from Planet Midnight by Nalo Hopkinson EN
Country: North America / Jamaica
Jamaica
Description:
Via a collection of science fiction and fantasy tales, an outspoken author uses fictional characters and situations to comment on race and gender issues. Original.
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Why We Kneel How We Rise by Michael Holding EN
Country: North America / Jamaica
Jamaica
Description:
A powerful look at the history of racism through the prism of sport, showing how we can change things through education and understanding