September 2022: Black Joy by Tracey Michae’l Lewis-Giggetts
About the Book.
“Ebullient essays showing how self-care and joy play out in the day-to-day lives of Black people… Lewis-Giggetts’ new tome adds a square to the quilt of Black radical imagination… Poetic and fun.”
When Tracey Michae’l Lewis-Giggetts wrote an essay on Black joy for The Washington Post, she had no idea just how deeply it would resonate. But the outpouring of positive responses affirmed her own lived experience: that Black joy is not just a weapon of resistance, it is a tool for resilience and a pathway to personal and collective healing.
With this book, Tracey aims to gift her community with a collection of lyrical essays about the way joy has evolved, even in the midst of trauma, in her own life. Detailing these instances of joy in the context of Black culture allows us to recognize the power of Black joy as a resource to draw upon, and to challenge the one-note narratives of Black life as solely comprised of trauma and hardship.
About the Author.
Tracey Michae’l Lewis-Giggetts has published over 18 books, she’s the host of the podcast, HeARTtalk and the founder of HeARTspace, a healing community created to serve those who have experienced trauma of any kind through the use of storytelling and the arts.
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