| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xxii, 217 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm |
| Summary |
In this exquisite anthology of letters and illustrations, Cole Brown and Natalie Johnson bring together a constellation of influential Black figures to write to the people, places, and moments that mean the most to them. With a foreword from John Legend and contributions from Brontez Purnell, Morgan Jerkins, Reverend Al Sharpton, and Dr. Imani Perry, among many others, Black Love Letters is an ode to a phenomenal community: a testament to the fact that where there has been pain and suffering, there has also always been immeasurable, irrepressible joy and love. |
| Contents |
Foreword by John Legend -- Introduction -- I. Care : Jamila Woods to Joycetta ; Tembe Denton-Hurst to her younger sister ; Nadia Owusu to her colleagues ; Joy-Ann reid to her hrair ; Bilquisu Abdullah on queer love ; Rakia Reynolds to Skai, Zoie, and Brammie ; Akili King to her unborn niece ; Joel Castón to dimples ; Barbara Edelin to Ken -- II. Awe : Morgan Jerkins to Egype ; Ben Crump to Thurgood Marshall ; Lynae Vanee Bogues on Black love ; Dick Parsons to jazz ; Douglas Kearney to Black-assed rasp ; Michael Eric Dyson to the Black church ; Imani Perry on Black love as grace ; Belinda Walker to Black America -- III. Loss : Allisa Charles-Findley to Botham Jean ; Jeh Charles Johnson to mom ; Tarana Burke to grandma ; Natalie Johnson to her namesake ; Bill Whitaker to dad ; Justus Cornelius Pugh to ancestors ; Rhianna Jones to dad ; Mahogany Browne to Erika -- IV. Ambivalence : Topaz Jones on "worry" ; Reverend Al Sharpton to his grandson ; Brianna Holt to self ; Jayne Allen to Blackness ; Kwame Dawes on fishing ; Cole Brown to Mama Brown ; VJ Jenkins to his unrequited love -- V. Transformation : Tracey Michae'l Lewis-Giggetts to Louisville ; Alexandra Elle to self ; Deborah Willis to her son ; Brontez Purnell to eleven-year-old Michael Jackson ; Chef Rōze Traore to mom ; Sojourner Brown to self ; Jenna Wortham to inner critic ; Jan Menafee to water ; Danez Smith to family, Alphabet Mafia, Tish ;n; nem, Jayson nem, Langston nem, and maybe you ; Malachi Elijah to my Black body. |
| Subject |
Love-letters.
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Letters.
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African Americans -- Literary collections.
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Black people -- Literary collections.
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Love -- Literary collections.
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African Americans (OCoLC)fst00799558
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Black people (OCoLC)fst00833880
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Letters (OCoLC)fst00996779
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Love (OCoLC)fst01002769
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Love-letters (OCoLC)fst01003069
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love letters. (CStmoGRI)aatgf300026904
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Literary collections (OCoLC)fst01423811
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Love letters (OCoLC)fst02002771
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Love letters.
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| Added Author |
Brown, Cole, editor, contributor.
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Johnson, Natalie Marguerite, editor, artist, contributor.
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Legend, John, author of foreword.
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King, Akili, contributor.
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Sharpton, Al, contributor.
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Elle, Alexandra, contributor.
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Charles-Findley, Allisa, contributor.
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Edelin, Barbara, contributor.
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Walker, Belinda (Producer) contributor.
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Crump, Benjamin, 1969- contributor.
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Whitaker, Bill, 1951- contributor.
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Abdullah, Bilquisu, contributor.
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Holt, Brianna, 1995- contributor.
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Purnell, Brontez, contributor.
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Smith, Danez, contributor.
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Parsons, Richard D., 1948- contributor.
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Willis, Deborah, 1948- contributor.
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Jones, Doug (Author of Prime Real Estate) contributor.
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Kearney, Douglas, contributor.
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Perry, Imani, 1972- contributor.
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Woods, Jamila, 1989- contributor.
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Menafee, Jan, contributor.
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Allen, Jayne, 1978- contributor.
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Johnson, Jeh Charles, 1957- contributor.
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Wortham, Jenna, 1981- contributor.
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Capehart, Jonathan, contributor.
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Castón, Joel, contributor.
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Reid, Joy-Ann, 1968- contributor.
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Pugh, Justus Cornelius, contributor.
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Dawes, Kwame Senu Neville, 1962- contributor.
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Bogues, Lynae Vanee, contributor.
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Browne, Mahogany L., contributor.
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Elijah, Malachi, contributor.
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Dyson, Michael Eric, contributor.
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Jerkins, Morgan, contributor.
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Owusu, Nadia, 1981- contributor.
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Reynolds, Rakia, contributor.
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Jones, Rhianna, contributor.
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Traore, Rōze, contributor.
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Brown, Sojourner, contributor.
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Burke, Tarana, contributor.
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Denton-Hurst, Tembe, contributor.
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Jones, Topaz, contributor.
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Lewis-Giggetts, Tracey M., contributor.
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Jenkins, V. J. contributor.
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| ISBN |
1638931208 hardcover |
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9781638931201 hardcover |
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