{"product_id":"permanent-record-9781643622422","title":"Permanent Record","description":"\u003cb\u003eA visionary anthology that examines and reimagines the archive as a form of collective record-keeping, featuring work by Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Douglas Kearney, Brenda Shaughnessy, Mahogany L. Brown, and many new and emerging voices.\u003c\/b\u003eInspired by Naima Yael Tokunow's research into the Black American record (and its purposeful scarceness), \u003ci\u003ePermanent Record\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003easks, what do we gain when we engage with our flawed cultural systems of remembrance? How does questioning and creating a deep relationship to the archive, and in some cases, spinning thread from air where there is none, allow us to prefigure the world that we want? Including reflections on identity and language, diasporic and first generation lived experiences, and responses to the ways the record upholds harm and provides incomplete understandings, \u003ci\u003ePermanent Record\u003c\/i\u003e hopes to reframe what gets to be a part of collective remembrance, exploring \"possibilities for speculating beyond recorded multiplicity.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Nightboat Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781643622422\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d","brand":"Naima Yael Tokunow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45000481308853,"sku":"9781643622422","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_9abf0e78-1cf5-4fde-9887-b62f24f06031.jpg?v=1736264953","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/permanent-record-9781643622422","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}