{"product_id":"a-drop-of-midnight-jason-diakit-9781542016704","title":"A Drop of Midnight: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWorld-renowned hip-hop artist Jason \"Timbuktu\" Diakit 's vivid and intimate journey through his own and his family's history--from South Carolina slavery to twenty-first-century Sweden.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn to interracial American parents in Sweden, Jason Diakit  grew up between worlds--part Swedish, American, black, white, Cherokee, Slovak, and German, riding a delicate cultural and racial divide. It was a no-man's-land that left him in constant search of self. Even after his hip-hop career took off, Jason fought to unify a complex system of family roots that branched across continents, ethnicities, classes, colors, and eras to find a sense of belonging.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eA Drop of Midnight\u003c\/i\u003e, Jason draws on conversations with his parents, personal experiences, long-lost letters, and pilgrimages to South Carolina and New York to paint a vivid picture of race, discrimination, family, and ambition. His ancestors' origins as slaves in the antebellum South, his parents' struggles as an interracial couple, and his own world-expanding connection to hip-hop helped him fashion a strong black identity in Sweden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat unfolds in Jason's remarkable voyage of discovery is a complex and unflinching look at not only his own history but also that of generations affected by the trauma of the African diaspora, then and now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jason Diakité\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1542016703\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781542016704\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Amazon Crossing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2020 pg. 93\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2020 pg. 14","brand":"Jason Diakité","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045283000575,"sku":"9781542016704","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_85e0a2e3-4c7d-4a57-a075-9b1309e31104.jpg?v=1684977831","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-drop-of-midnight-jason-diakit-9781542016704","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}