Black Paper: Writing in a Dark Time (Berlin Family Lectures)

by Teju Cole

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"Darkness is not empty," writes Teju Cole in Black Paper, a collection of essays that meditate on what it means to keep our humanity-and witness the humanity of others-in a time of darkness. Cole is well-known as a master of the essay form, and in Black Paper he is writing at the peak of his skill, as he models how to be closely attentive to experience-to not just see and take in, but to think critically about what we are seeing and not seeing.

Wide-ranging in their subject matter, the essays are connected by ethical questions about what...Read more
  • ISBN10 022664135X
  • ISBN13 9780226641355
  • Publish Date 27 October 2021
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint University of Chicago Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 288
  • Language English