Traveling without moving : essays from a Black woman trying to survive in America / Taiyon J. Coleman.
Title:
Traveling without moving : essays from a Black woman trying to survive in America / Taiyon J. Coleman.
ISBN:
9781517913298
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Publication Information:
Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2024]
Physical Description:
xvii, 153 pages ; 21 cm
Contents:
Mind the gap -- The Thenar space -- Fool's gold -- Grown folks' business -- Poems as a mapping of human potential -- Disparate impacts : moving to Minnesota to live just enough for the city -- The dangers of teaching writing while black -- Tilted uterus : when Jesus is your baby daddy -- Making the invisible visible : mapping racial housing covenants in South Minneapolis -- What's understood don't need to be explained -- You can miss me with that, 'cause plantations were diverse, too -- Sometimes I feel like Harriet Tubman.
Summary:
"A Black woman in America is always on the run, desperate to survive, thrive, and finally find freedom. Using a powerful blend of perspectives that move between a first-person lens of lived experience and a wider-ranging critique of U.S. culture, policy, and academia, Taiyon J. Coleman explores what it means to write her story and that of her family--an act at once a responsibility and a privilege--bringing forth the inherent contradictions between American ideals and Black reality"-- Provided by publisher.
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OCLC Number:
on1402734617
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