Black is the Body by Emily Bernard

A New Statesman essential nonfiction read of 2021 Blackness is an art not a science. It is a paradox intangible and visceral a situation and a story. It is the thread that connects these essays but its significance as an experience emerges randomly unpredictably. . . . Race is the story of my life and therefore black is the body of this book. In twelve intensely personal interconnected essays Emily Bernard sets out to tell stories from her life that enable her to talk about truth race family an Paperback softback