In Open Contempt: Confronting White Supremacy in Art and Public Space by Irvin W

Description: In Open Contempt by Irvin Weathersby Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description "An awe-striking masterpiece of love."—Jason Reynolds, #1 New York Times bestselling author"The sentences alone in In Open Contempt make it one of the most memorable books of the decade. But its the unexpected lingering and genius crafting of consequential action that makes this one of the freshest explorations of space Ive ever read. Irvin Weathersby Jr. has made something weve never before seen, felt, or witnessed." —Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy: An American MemoirA stirring journey into the soul of a fractured America that confronts the enduring specter of white supremacy in our art, monuments, and public spaces, from a captivating new literary voiceAmid the ongoing reckoning over Americas history of anti-Black racism, scores of monuments to slaveowners and Confederate soldiers still proudly dot the countrys landscape, while schools and street signs continue to bear the names of segregationists. With poignant, lyrical prose, cultural commentator Irvin Weathersby confronts the inescapable specter of white supremacy in our open spaces and contemplates what it means to bear witness to sites of lasting racial trauma.Weathersby takes us from the streets of his childhood in New Orleanss Lower Ninth Ward to the Whitney Plantation; from the graffitied pedestals of Confederate statues lining Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia, to the location of a racist terror attack in Charlottesville; from the site of the Wounded Knee massacre in South Dakota to a Kara Walker art installation at a former sugar factory in Brooklyn, New York. Along the way, he challenges the creation myths embedded in Americas landmarks and meets artists, curators, and city planners doing the same. Urgent and unflinchingly intimate, In Open Contempt offers a hopeful reimagining of the spaces we share in order to honor our nations true history, encouraging us to make room for love as a way to heal and treat each other more humanely. Author Biography Irvin Weathersby Jr. is a Brooklyn-based writer and professor from New Orleans. He teaches at Queensborough Community College and at City College of New York in the MFA in Creative Writing program. His writing has been featured in Guernica, Esquire, The Atlantic, EBONY, and elsewhere. He holds an MFA from The New School, an MA from Morgan State University, and a BA from Morehouse College, and he has received fellowships and awards from the Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation, the Research Foundation of CUNY, the Bread Loaf Writers Conference, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the Mellon Foundation. Details ISBN 0593299159 ISBN-13 9780593299159 Title In Open Contempt Author Irvin Weathersby Format Hardcover Year 2025 Pages 256 Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc GE_Item_ID:169242143; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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