{"title":"Darryl Pinckney","description":"\u003cp\u003eDarryl Pinckney's works offer a thoughtful exploration of culture, identity, and society through a keenly observant lens. His writing often blends personal narrative with sharp social commentary, inviting readers into a rich dialogue on contemporary issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in \u003cem\u003eEducation \u0026amp; Reference\u003c\/em\u003e, his essays and reflections provide insightful perspectives that challenge and enlighten, making them essential reading for those interested in nuanced discussions of art, politics, and urban life.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"busted-in-new-york-and-other-essays-by-darryl-pinckney-9781250758132","title":"Busted in New York and Other Essays","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn these twenty-five essays, Darryl Pinckney has given us a view of our recent racial history that blends the social and the personal and wonders how we arrived at our current moment. Pinckney reminds us that \u003cem\u003e\"white supremacy isn't back; it never went away.\"\u003c\/em\u003e It is this impulse to see historically that is at the core of \u003cem\u003eBusted in New York and Other Essays\u003c\/em\u003e, which traces the lineage of black intellectual history from Booker T. Washington through the Harlem Renaissance, to the Black Panther Party and the turbulent sixties, to today's Afro-pessimists, and celebrated and neglected thinkers in between.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese are capacious essays whose topics range from the grassroots of protest in Ferguson, Missouri, to the eighteenth-century Guadeloupian composer Joseph Bologne, from an unsparing portrait of Louis Farrakhan to the enduring legacy of James Baldwin, the unexpected story of black people experiencing Russia, Barry Jenkins's \u003cem\u003eMoonlight\u003c\/em\u003e, and the painter Kara Walker. The essays themselves are a kind of record, many of them written in real-time, as Pinckney witnesses the Million Man March, feels and experiences the highs and lows of Obama's first presidential campaign, explores the literary black diaspora, and reflects on the surprising and severe lesson he learned firsthand about the changing urban fabric of New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs Zadie Smith writes in her introduction to the book: \u003cem\u003e\"How lucky we are to have Darryl Pinckney who, without rancor, without insult, has, all these years, been taking down our various songs, examining them with love and care, and bringing them back from the past, like a Sankofa bird, for our present examination. These days Sankofas like Darryl are rare. Treasure him!\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48240880550124,"sku":"9781250758132","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781250758132-busted-in-new-york-and-other-essays-1.jpg?v=1787928437"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/darryl-pinckney.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}