{"product_id":"be-about-beauty-kalamu-ya-salaam-9781608011667","title":"Be about Beauty","description":"\u003cp\u003eActivist, educator, filmmaker, writer, and poet Kalamu ya Salaam (born Vallery Ferdinand, III on 24 March 1947 in New Orleans) presents a collection of selected writings that celebrates \"essential human beauty and goodness.\" Through essays, poetry, and speeches, ya Salaam distills his years of wisdom, reflecting on a career built on art and activism, which strove to create community while resisting the powerful who worked to tear it apart. Intensely personal and refreshingly honest, Be About Beauty covers topics close to the artist's heart: public education, jazz, Black art, Mardi Gras Indians, WWOZ radio, community, and the past and future of New Orleans and its culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kalamu Ya Salaam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1608011666\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781608011667\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of New Orleans Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/14\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 287\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.50w x 1.00d","brand":"Kalamu Ya Salaam","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44052551106815,"sku":"9781608011667","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_95fcfe1f-6877-491f-9625-238f7ed7a6b9.jpg?v=1685019452","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/be-about-beauty-kalamu-ya-salaam-9781608011667","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}