The Matter of Black Lives - Writing from The New Yorker

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

About the author

Jelani Cobb is a historian, and a professor of journalism at Columbia University. A staff writer at The New Yorker since 2015, he is a recipient of the Sidney Hillman Award for Opinion and Analysis, as well as fellowships from the Ford Foundation and the Fulbright Foundation. He lives in New York City.

David Remnick has been the editor of the New Yorker since 1998 and a staff writer since 1992. His books include the Pulitzer Prize–winning Lenin’s Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire, King of the World: Muhammed Ali and the Rise of an American Hero, The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama, and two collections of his magazine pieces.

Summary

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

Product details

• Authors: Jelani Cobb, David Remnick, Remnick David
• Publisher: William Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9780008498702
• ISBN: 978-0-00-849870-2
• No. of pages: 848
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 240 mm x 54 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); USA, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Social Activists, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, ART / Criticism & Theory, Political activism, Social discrimination & inequality, c 1960 to c 1970, United States of America, USA, Literary essays, c 1954 to c 1968 (era of the American Civil Rights Movement), Black & Asian Studies, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / American / African American & Black, HISTORY / African American & Black, Political activism / Political engagement, Social discrimination and social justice, Relating to African American / Black American people