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To Free the Captives: A Plea for the American Soul by Tracy K. Smith is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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A stunning personal manifesto on memory, family, and history that explores how we in America might—together—come to a new view of our shared past“A vulnerable, honest look at a life lived in a country still struggling with its evils...Hopeful...Beautiful and haunting.” —Eddie S. Glaude Jr., author of Begin AgainIn 2020, heartsick from constant assaults on Black life, Tracy K. Smith found herself soul-searching and digging into the historical archive for help navigating the “din of human division and strife.” With lyricism and urgency, Smith draws on several avenues of thinking—personal, documentary, and spiritual—to understand who we are as a nation and what we might hope to mean to one another.In Smith’s own words, “To write a book about Black strength, Black continuance, and the powerful forms of belief and community that have long bolstered the soul of my people, I used the...

Author

Tracy K. Smith

Published

2023

Language

EN