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An Autobiography of the Autobiography of Reading

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An Autobiography of the Autobiography of Reading

An Autobiography of the Autobiography of Reading

Internationally acclaimed poet and novelist Dionne Brand reflects on her early reading of colonial literature and how it makes Black being inanimate. She explores her encounters with colonial, imperialist, and racist tropes; the ways that practices of reading and writing are shaped by those narrative structures; and the challenges of writing a narrative of Black life that attends to its own expression and its own consciousness.

About the Author

Dionne Brand is an award-winning poet, novelist, and essayist.

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