Essays
Black Paper
2021·284 pages
A profound collection of essays by Teju Cole, exploring humanity, blackness, and bearing witness in dark times.
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A profound collection of essays by Teju Cole, exploring humanity, blackness, and bearing witness in dark times.
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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 uni...
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Abuse & suffering
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Recurring discussions of systemic suffering and border injustices.
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