#Non-fiction Clint Smith (essays)

- Author: Clint Smith (1988)
- Title: How the Word is Passed
- Published: 2021 (336 pg)
- Genre: non-fiction (African American Studies)
- Monthly plan
- #ReadDiversely
- #NonficNov hosts:
- Katie @DoingDewey
- Rennie @ What’s Nonfiction
- Veronica @ The Thousand Book Project
- Christopher @ Plucked From the Stacks
- Jaymi @ The OC Book Girl
Quick Scan:
- A deeply researched look at the legacy of slavery
- …and its imprint on centuries of American history.
- If I could give a book a rating
- with 10 stars…this is the one!
- This book is #Must Read for high school students…
- and in fact every American.
- To say…I learned a lot
- is an understatement.
- This isn’t just a work of history, but an exploration of
- how we’re still distorting our history.
- Favorite chapters: Monticello, Whitney Plantation,
- Angola Prison and New York City.
- #1 New York Times bestseller
- Longlisted for the 2021 National Book Award for Nonfiction
Last thought tweet:
- #NonficNov essays by Clint Smith, “How the Word Is Passed”.
- Revelations of Black life in America… absorbing (if sometimes uncomfortable)
- reading because of the way it’s organized, as a travelogue of sorts
- ….but still a magnificent book!
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I just started this book on my walk today and can’t wait to get back to it! I’ve got both the print and audio versions from the library… very good so far.
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Joan, I love the times we are living in…history that was “hidden” ….not mentioned is coming to light b/c young historians are demanding the truth. David Olusago’s book Black and British: A Forgotten History is book worth looking for in the library!
Thanks for your comment!
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Ah, I’m glad to hear this was so good! I’ve really enjoyed Smith’s writing for The Atlantic, so I really should get to this one.
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This is a wonderful book!
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