{"product_id":"read-until-you-understand-9781324022046","title":"Read Until You Understand","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA brilliant scholar imparts the lessons bequeathed by the Black community and its remarkable artists and thinkers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eRead Until You Understand\u003c\/em\u003e is brought to life through Griffin’s account of the ways in which Black culture was an integral part of her being, not just an adornment... Griffin is driven by a belief that the cultivation of aesthetic appreciation – in which the beautiful and the political do not compete – is where real change can be found. It is a book that acknowledges life’s conflicts while still valuing hope and beauty.\" -- Douglas Field - The Times Literary Supplement\u003cbr\u003e\"Now a noted scholar of African American literature, Griffin shares, in a blend of memoir and criticism, the fruits of her lifelong journey to fulfill that aspiration [to read until you understand]… She also richly evokes her childhood in Philadelphia, long a hub for Black activism where she belonged…to a family whose women, skilled seamstresses and gardeners, cultivated beauty.\" -- New Yorker\u003cbr\u003e\"Quietly captivating…This is a life lived among books, and reinterpreted through them.\" -- Carlols Lozada - Washington Post\u003cbr\u003e\"[Griffin] is both masterful critic and master teacher.\" -- Walton Muyumba - Boston Globe\u003cbr\u003e\"A book like \u003cem\u003eRead Until You Understand\u003c\/em\u003e takes courage to produce… Griffin’s evangelizing of Black literature does what the best sermons do: It sends you back to Scripture—Baldwin, Coates, Morrison, David Walker and others—to discover or rediscover them, to ponder and treasure them anew.\" -- Monica Drake - The New York Times Book Review","brand":"WW Norton \u0026 Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407421055319,"sku":"9781324022046","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781324022046.jpg?v=1730499332","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/read-until-you-understand-9781324022046","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}