{"product_id":"the-toni-morrison-book-club-juda-bennett-9780299324940","title":"The Toni Morrison Book Club","description":"In this startling group memoir, four friends-black and white, gay and straight, immigrant and American-born-use Toni Morrison's novels as a springboard for intimate and revealing conversations about the problems of everyday racism and living whole in times of uncertainty. Tackling everything from first love and \u003ci\u003eSoul Train\u003c\/i\u003e to police brutality and the Black Lives Matter movement, the authors take up what it means to read challenging literature collaboratively and to learn in public as an act of individual reckoning and social resistance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Framing their book club around collective secrets, the group bears witness to how Morrison's works and words can propel us forward while we sit with uncomfortable questions about race, gender, and identity. How do we make space for black vulnerability in the face of white supremacy and internalized self-loathing? How do historical novels speak to us now about the delicate seams that hold black minds and bodies together? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This slim and brilliant confessional offers a radical vision for book clubs as sites of self-discovery and communal healing. \u003ci\u003eThe Toni Morrison Book Club\u003c\/i\u003e insists that we find ourselves in fiction and think of Morrison as a spiritual guide to our most difficult thoughts and ideas about American literature and life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Juda Bennett, Winnifred Brown-Glaude, Casssandra Jackson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 029932494X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780299324940\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/14\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2020 pg. 75\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2020 pg. 32","brand":"Juda Bennett","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050995052799,"sku":"9780299324940","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9987d95c-0f33-44e0-8c09-14ed1e547adc.jpg?v=1685010465","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-toni-morrison-book-club-juda-bennett-9780299324940","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}