{"product_id":"magically-black-and-other-essays-9780063161047b","title":"Magically Black and Other Essays","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eFinalist for the PEN\/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay\u003cbr\u003eSemi-Finalist for the Thurber Prize for American Humor\u003cbr\u003eFinalist for the New England Book Award\u003cbr\u003eLonglisted for the Massachusetts Book Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this engaging follow up to \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eHow to Make a Slave and Other Essays\u003c\/span\u003e, the recipient of PEN New England Award for nonfiction and finalist for the National Book Award sharply examines and explains Black life and culture with equal parts candor and humor.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eMagically Black and Other Essays \u003c\/span\u003eJerald Walker elegantly blends personal revelation and cultural critique to create a bracing and often humorous examination of Black American life. He thoughtfully addresses the inherent complexities of topics as eclectic as incarceration, home renovations, gentrification, the crip walk, pimping, and the rise of the MAGA movement, approaching them through various Black perspectives, including husband, father, teacher, and writer. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe collection’s overarching theme is captured in the titular essay, which examines the culture of heroic action African Americans created in response to their enslavement and oppression, giving proof to Albert Murray’s observation that the “fire in the forging process . . . for all its violence, does not destroy the metal that becomes the sword.”\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Amistad Press","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42869359870032,"sku":"9780063161047B","price":16.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9780063161047-l.jpg?v=1785883184","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/en-ca\/products\/magically-black-and-other-essays-9780063161047b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}