Black Paper: Writing in a Dark Time (Berlin Family Lectures) by Cole, Teju

University of Chicago Press. Fine. 2023. Softcover. 0226823865 . Collection of essays. Color plates. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 284 pp; Berlin Family Lectures .

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University of Chicago Press, January 2023. Trade Paperback. Very Good/None. Berlin Family Lectures

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Univ of Chicago Pr, 2023. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 264 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.75 inches.

New. A profound book of essays from a celebrated master of the form. "Darkness is not empty," writes Teju Cole in Black Paper, a book that meditates on what it means to sustain our humanity-and witness the humanity of others-in a time of darkness. One of the most celebrated essayists of his generation, Cole here plays variations on the essay form, modeling ways to attend to experience-not just to take in but to think critically about what we sense and what we don't. Wide-ranging but thematically unified, the essays address ethical questions about what it means to be human and what it means to bear witness, recognizing how our individual present is informed by a collective past. Cole's writings in Black Paper approach the fractured moment of our history through a constellation of interrelated concerns: confrontation with unsettling art, elegies both public and private, the defense of writing in a time of political upheaval, the role of the color black in the visual… Read More

Univ of Chicago Pr, 2023. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 264 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.75 inches.

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