Black love letters /

Black love letters

edited by Cole Brown and Natalie Johnson ; art by Natalie Johnson ; [foreword by John Legend]
Book - 2023

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.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Brown, Cole (Editor, Contributor), Johnson, Natalie Marguerite (Editor, Contributor), Legend, John (author of foreword.), King, Akili (Contributor), Sharpton, Al (Contributor), Elle, Alexandra (Contributor), Charles-Findley, Allisa (Contributor), Edelin, Barbara (Contributor), Walker, Belinda (Producer) (Contributor), Crump, Benjamin, 1969- (Contributor), Whitaker, Bill, 1951- (Contributor), Abdullah, Bilquisu (Contributor), Holt, Brianna, 1995- (Contributor), Purnell, Brontez (Contributor), Smith, Danez (Contributor), Parsons, Richard D., 1948- (Contributor), Willis, Deborah, 1948- (Contributor), Jones, Doug (Author of Prime Real Estate) (Contributor), Kearney, Douglas (Contributor), Perry, Imani, 1972- (Contributor), Woods, Jamila, 1989- (Contributor), Menafee, Jan (Contributor), Allen, Jayne, 1978- (Contributor), Johnson, Jeh Charles, 1957- (Contributor), Wortham, Jenna, 1981- (Contributor), Capehart, Jonathan (Contributor), Castón, Joel (Contributor), Reid, Joy-Ann Lomena (Contributor), Pugh, Justus Cornelius (Contributor), Dawes, Kwame Senu Neville, 1962- (Contributor), Bogues, Lynae Vanee (Contributor), Browne, Mahogany L. (Contributor), Elijah, Malachi (Contributor), Dyson, Michael Eric (Contributor), Jerkins, Morgan (Contributor), Owusu, Nadia, 1981- (Contributor), Reynolds, Rakia (Contributor), Jones, Rhianna (Contributor), Traore, Rōze (Contributor), Brown, Sojourner (Contributor), Burke, Tarana (Contributor), Denton-Hurst, Tembe (Contributor), Jones, Topaz (Contributor), Lewis-Giggetts, Tracey M. (Contributor), Jenkins, V. J. (Contributor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Get Lifted Books, 2023.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Love-letters.
Letters.
African Americans > Literary collections.
Black people > Literary collections.
Love > Literary collections.
Love letters.

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505 0 |a 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. 
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