{"product_id":"a-measure-of-belonging-twenty-one-writers-of-color-on-the-new-american-south-9781938235719","title":"A Measure of Belonging: Twenty-One Writers of Color on the New American South","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA New York Times Books New \u0026amp; Noteworthy book - A Most-Anticipated Book from BookPage, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and Paperback Paris - Glowing reviews and features in \u003cem\u003eGarden \u0026amp; Gun\u003c\/em\u003e, CNN Philippines, Chapter16, \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, \u003c\/em\u003e and more\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis fierce collection celebrates the incredible diversity in the contemporary South by featuring essays by twenty-one of the finest young writers of color living and working in the region today, who all address a central question: Who is welcome?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKiese Laymon navigates the racial politics of publishing while recording his audiobook in Mississippi. Regina Bradley moves to Indiana and grapples with a landscape devoid of her Southern cultural touchstones, like Popeyes and OutKast. Aruni Kashyap apartment hunts in Athens and encounters a minefield of invasive questions. Frederick McKindra delves into the particularly Southern history of Beyonce's black majorettes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAssembled by editor and essayist Cinelle Barnes, essays in \u003cem\u003eA Measure of Belonging: Twenty-One Writers of Color on the New American South\u003c\/em\u003e acknowledge that from the DMV to the college basketball court to doctors' offices, there are no shortage of places of tension in the American South. Urgent, necessary, funny, and poignant, these essays from new and established voices confront the complexities of the South's relationship with race, uncovering the particular difficulties and profound joys of being a Southerner in the 21st century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hub City Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781938235719\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 189\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Cinelle Barnes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38027438194869,"sku":"9781938235719","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_7beb82f4-cdfa-401f-bc8e-1751c39e78f3.jpg?v=1609192848","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-measure-of-belonging-twenty-one-writers-of-color-on-the-new-american-south-9781938235719","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}