Such Sweet Thunder Black Studies embrace natural beauty

embrace natural beauty

noun: a substance that speeds up a reaction without itself changing

trying to figure out who she is and where she belongs after her best friend moved away from New Jersey

from the beloved award-winning author of Digest and Air Traffic

As Rebecca Skloot so brilliantly shows

Such Sweet Thunder Black Studies embrace natural beautyAstonishing an uncommonly rich picture of Black American family life in early 20th century Jim Crow America. Publishers Weekly (starred review) This vibrant portrait of African American life in Jazz Age Kansas City captures the magic of childhood and parental love through the eyes of a remarkable boy (New York Times) This must read rediscovery, published in an elegant and unabridged paperback edition with a new foreword, is a literary masterpiece