{"product_id":"bigger-than-bravery-black-resilience-and-reclamation-in-a-time-of-pandemic-9781940596471","title":"Bigger Than Bravery: Black Resilience and Reclamation in a Time of Pandemic","description":"\u003cb\u003eBest Books of 2022, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBig Indie Book of Fall, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2023 Georgia Author of the Year Award Winner\u003c\/b\u003e for specialty book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eForeword INDIES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e silver winner \u003c\/b\u003efor anthology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eValerie Boyd's \u003ci\u003eBigger Than Bravery\u003c\/i\u003e isn't just an anthology; it is a survival guide.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Courtney B. Vance, Tony- and Emmy-winning actor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn anthology of Black resilience and reclamation, with contributions by Pearl Cleage, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Tayari Jones, Kiese Laymon, Imani Perry, Deesha Philyaw, Khadijah Queen, Jason Reynolds, Alice Walker, and more\u003c\/b\u003eBorn of a desire to bring together the voices of those most harshly affected by the intersecting pandemics of Covid-19 and systemic racism, \u003ci\u003eBigger Than Bravery\u003c\/i\u003e explores comfort and compromise, challenge and resilience, throughout the Great Pause that became the Great Call. Award-winning author and scholar of the Black archive \u003cb\u003eValerie Boyd\u003c\/b\u003e curates this anthology of original essays and poems, alongside some of the most influential nonfiction published on the subject, inviting readers into a conversation of restorative joy and enduring wisdom. \u003ci\u003eBigger Than Bravery \u003c\/i\u003ecaptures what Boyd calls the \"first draft of history,\" with poems serving as deep breaths between narrative essays to form a loose chronology of this unprecedented time. \u003cb\u003eKaren Good Marable \u003c\/b\u003ecranks \"Whip My Hair\" from the car windows during quarantine joyrides with her daughter. \u003cb\u003eDeesha Philyaw\u003c\/b\u003e ponders loneliness as she sorts Zoom meetings into those that require a bra and those that don't. Writing in the moment though not of it, \u003cb\u003ePearl Cleage\u003c\/b\u003e reflects on what has and hasn't changed since the AIDS epidemic. \u003cb\u003eJason Reynolds\u003c\/b\u003e harnesses heat and flavor to carry on his father's legacy.Sorrow and outrage have their say, but the stories in these pages are bright with family, music, food, and home, teaching us how to nourish ourselves and our communities. Looking ahead as much as it looks back, \u003ci\u003eBigger Than Bravery\u003c\/i\u003e offers a window into a hopeful, complex present, establishing an essential record of how Black people in America insist on joy as an act of resistance.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eValerie Boyd\u003c\/b\u003e was the Charlayne Hunter-Gault Distinguished Writer in Residence at the University of Georgia, where she founded and directed the low-residency MFA in narrative nonfiction, opening doors for women and people of color and establishing a community of writers and editors that continues to flourish. The \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e called her \"an electrifying essayist and an energizing mentor.\" A scholar of the Black archive, she was author of the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eWrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of \u003ci\u003eGathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker\u003c\/i\u003e. Boyd was formerly arts editor at the \u003ci\u003eAtlanta Journal-Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e and senior consulting editor at the \u003ci\u003eBitter Southerner\u003c\/i\u003e. She wrote for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBon Appétit\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eESSENCE\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eOxford American\u003c\/i\u003e, among many others.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Lookout Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50726904332562,"sku":"9781940596471","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ece001f9-c5f1-4adf-942c-2021efc65b1d.jpg?v=1734889159","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bigger-than-bravery-black-resilience-and-reclamation-in-a-time-of-pandemic-9781940596471","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}